Political Quotes

“in a few moments, we will be closing down for the evening. But I did want to comment very briefly upon the wonderful experience that I and nine other of our colleagues had over the course of today as we attended the funeral of Coretta Scott King at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, down right just outside of Atlanta. We had a bipartisan delegation that left early this morning, joined by a House delegation, joined also, as most people know, by the President and the First Lady and three prior Presidents, for what was, indeed, a memorial service in many ways but, in truth, a great celebration for a great woman. She leaves a legacy of leading with grace. Few people have ever had the opportunity of knowing someone like that. That was reflected in many comments over the course of the day at the funeral. As a wife, as a mother, as a civil rights leader, Mrs. King joins this large pantheon of great Americans whose courage and whose dignity, whose boldness, whose tireless pursuit of social justice transformed not only a generation but the dreams and expectations of generations to follow. Over the course of the statements and having the opportunity to circulate among people who attended, the real global impact of this woman, as I said, leading by grace, focused on freedom and opportunity and social justice, was so apparent.…”