Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Texas. He and I were at Texas A&M together in the Corps of Cadets, and I know he didn't have to look down to read what John 15:13 was because that used to be a Campusology question that freshmen had to memorize. The question was: What is the inscription on the Memorial Student Center at Texas A&M? The proper correct answer, succinct: The inscription on the Memorial Student Center at Texas A&M is ``Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends, John 15:13.'' It is also touching to me each time I come through the southern entrance of the Capitol, the main entrance for visitors coming into the Capitol--I guess more visitors come in through that entrance-- immediately as you pass through the metal detectors, up on the right is a statue of a Catholic priest named Father Damien. The statue is a bit strange in the way it is squared off, but there is nothing strange about the life that he lived. The fact that Hawaii would pick as one of the two allowable statues it has, Father Damien to be represented, I think, is most noble. It also indicates, I think, that 50 years-plus ago, when Hawaii came into the Union, at that time our Nation was still a Christian nation. Our motto still above the Speaker's head here, ``In God We Trust,'' was front and center most everywhere.…”