Political Quotes

“I am honored this evening to have a few moments to speak about my good friend and a friend of many, Terry Sanford. The first time I remember hearing Terry Sanford speak was at my commencement exercise as I graduated from college. I had heard of Terry Sanford, the man of vision, but he had a special way of letting you feel special, and challenging individuals to really get involved in their State and their Nation. But tonight I would say that Terry Sanford was not simply a great and admired politician. He was one of the most accomplished Americans of the 20th century. I remember listening to his eulogies at the funeral several weeks ago, and I could not help but think that those eulogies coming about an individual who served four years as Governor, not four terms, four years, serving one term in the United States Senate, serving as a college president, could have been for five or six people for the things that he had accomplished, because Terry Sanford served his State and his Nation with enthusiasm, with bravery, and with distinction in so many ways. He fought for his country as a paratrooper in World War II and was decorated any number of times, and he was proud all of his life of the time he served his Nation in Normandy and all across Europe.”