Political Quotes

“I am blessed today to have with me, although I haven't seen them yet--I will be with them here in about 3 or 4 minutes-- members of my own family. I say that in part because it is a real pleasure and honor for us to be here, occupying these positions, whether it is majority leader, which I clearly understand I am here for just a period of time in this position, or having that opportunity to serve our 6 million constituents back in Tennessee or as Senators representing, indeed, the entire Nation, for us to be able to welcome visitors here or family members here and share with them the enduring values of freedom and democracy that are represented in this Capitol building as we walk through it and work through this working edifice, this emblem and symbol of democracy around the world but also a working building where we conduct the Nation's business that I just outlined, or I go down the hall to my office, the Howard Baker Majority Leader's Suite. And as I work there all day and a lot of nights, I look out that window and look out on that expansive mall with the Smithsonian Institutions on either side and the Washington Monument reaching for the sky and the Lincoln Memorial. That is all right here. So I have with me today my niece, Mary Lauren Allen, the daughter of my sister Mary, and her husband Lawson Allen, and for the first time together, they have all three of their children, Cole Allen, Frist Allen, and Harrison Allen. They have been here separately.…”