Political Quotes

“I join all Americans in expressing our deepest sympathy for the events that have occurred and extend our deepest sympathy to the families of the crew members, and want to take this opportunity to salute the courage of the crew. The events of 2 days ago have caused all of us to go back and look into both our own lives but also the lives of other great explorers who so willingly have taken the risk with that ultimate goal of making the world a better place. Indeed, the heroes that we all celebrate in terms of their lives, of which we have been reviewing over the last 24 hours, are very much the focus of not just us in this body but, indeed, the world. Each Columbia crew member was a pioneer. They would want us to recognize their sacrifices through our comments and through our review of their lives and through our comforting of their families. But I also know they would want us to determine the cause of this tragedy, to fix what caused it, and then to move on in that same spirit of exploration.”