Political Quotes

“I rise today to pay tribute not only to a fine Member of this House, but also to a friend, Henry B. Gonzalez. When I think of Henry, I think of the tall redwood trees of California. Henry stood just that tall. He was part of the tall timber of America. As we analogize that to the House of Representatives, a lot of those tall timbers have left this House and this institution, with Henry just having been the last. When I think of Henry, I think of the personal experiences I had, but most of all, what I conceive his philosophy of life to be. He was a man who held to the statement in the Declaration of Independence that all men are created equal, endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, and among those are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Henry was not only a man of this House, a man of Texas, and a great American, but Henry in fact was a man of humanity.”