Political Quotes

“30 years ago today, my late father Rex Edwin Lee passed away after a nearly decade-long heroic fight with cancer. Now, 30 years is a long time. Children grow up, so do grandchildren. Families expand, chapters open and close, and yet there are some people whose absences are always felt because the influence of their lives continues to shape those around them long after they have left us. My dad, pictured here, was one of those people. He certainly was for me and I know for many others. During his lifetime, he held many offices, received many honors. He was, by any measure, a giant in the legal world. To me, he was, first and foremost, my dad. To my mother, he was the love of her life and the man with whom she built a family--a family of seven children, a family with evermore grandchildren and now great-grandchildren in their line of succession. To his seven children, he was a source of energy, of steadiness, humor, discipline, fun, and love. To his students, he was the kind of teacher who challenged views and inspired a love of the craft that was undeniably contagious. To so many others, he was proof that brilliance and kindness need not be mutually exclusive, that a man could be formidable without being harsh, intensely accomplished without being self-important, and deeply faithful without being pious. He grew up in a small town, St. Johns, AZ, a really small town that remained part of him throughout the rest of his life.”