Political Quotes

“a few moments ago we were made aware that at 9:45 tonight a close friend, a confidant, a colleague to most of us in this body, Strom Thurmond, passed away. It was a century ago when Mark Twain was alive and Teddy Roosevelt was President that James Strom Thurmond was born in South Carolina and at that time began a life unmatched in public service. Just about all of us in this body have had the real privilege of serving alongside Strom Thurmond. A long-time friend of Senator Thurmond, Hortense Woodson, once said of him: Everything he's done has been done in the full. There's no halfway doings about Strom. Indeed, Strom Thurmond will forever be a symbol of what one person can accomplish when they live life, as we all know he did, to the fullest. To his family and his friends, we offer our sincerest sympathies. It was unexpected that he would die this evening while we are in the middle of completing a very historic bill, and it would be clearly appropriate for us to make recognition of his passing for a moment now, with plans, either after completion of the bill tonight or tomorrow, for people to make more extended statements. Again, we extend to his family our deepest sympathies and our continued prayers.”