Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, when I came to the Congress of the United States, the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Joe McDade) was already a king on the Hill. My dad said, you will want to get to know the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Joe McDade). He said, you will want to get to know him for two reasons. First of all, he is a wonderful gentleman, but secondly, you are going to need him. It did not take me long to realize that I truly was going to need him. Scranton, the Scranton area, is going to lose just an outstanding legislator, but even more than that, we in the Pennsylvania delegation are going to lose one wonderful leader. It did not take me long to realize that if my businesses were going to survive, having so many that deal with defense in my area, I had better get to know the gentlemen from Pennsylvania, Mr. Joe McDade and Mr. John Murtha, very well. The gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Joe McDade) became a real mentor of mine. There is one thing, however, that always surprised me about Joe, which is that he speaks two languages. What always confused me is how could he get down there in the well and know which language to use, but he never slipped up. He always used the correct language.”