Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to the Salt Lake Council of Women on the upcoming 100th anniversary of its founding. In the ranks of those who greatly admire this wonderful organization and its exemplary members, I stand front and center today to salute them for their accomplishments and outstanding public service. As I do so, I am humbled by the magnitude of the task. It is difficult to find the right words that will do justice to their extraordinary contributions to Utah. A century after its founding, this remarkable group has more than lived up to its motto: ``Community Service for Civic Improvement.'' Evidence of its good works is found throughout the Wasatch Front, including the International Peace Gardens the group was instrumental in making a reality in 1947 and has helped preside over ever since. That alone is sufficient to ensure that the Salt Lake Council of Women's legacy will long endure in the heads and hearts of its legions of admirers. But this service organization's legacy neither begins nor ends there. Its service began on February 26, 1912, when it organized with the aim of bettering the ``social, civic and moral'' environment of the Salt Lake City area, and that service has continued unabated and on an ever-increasing scale ever since.…”