Thomas Foley

People do not need to change, systems do, and with your help today, we can begin to change those systems and increase economic opportunity for all people with disabilities.

At great risk to himself and a 30-year career, he stood up for the U.S. Constitution and he was vindicated by the Supreme Court that he was right.

This is a man of great compassion, and the Nation has felt that.

I don't think you can point to another leader that we have been blessed with in our Nation's history that combines such a strong heart for his people with such a strong backbone for constitutional democracy.

A full life is not just about what you do with your years on this Earth, but about how you make people feel long after you've left it.

You cannot understand a person unless you take the time to listen to them; that you should always put country over party, no matter the issue.

Cathy, I know the decisions you're asked to make in Congress might be difficult ones, but if you do what you believe in your heart is right for the people back at home, then I know goodness will triumph.

This is a man who stood for the Constitution and civility, from day one of his congressional career to the last day of his last term.

I just want to comment about what I saw, that I hope and I do believe Washingtonians and Americans understand, and that was his commitment to civility and a constitutional democracy.

Tom Foley, as nice as he was, as civil as he was, as much as he loved his colleagues of both parties, was one tough guy.

You can leave this in here but there will be a lot of blood on the floor if we pass this. Many of us will not survive.

Congress is the place where we come together to speak the voices of America and democracy, and it is the voice that is found to echo resoundingly throughout the world.

The first vote you need to earn is your own.

In a cynical age, I still believe that we must summon people to a vision of public service . . . for, in the end, this ethic determines more than anything else whether we will have citizens and leaders of honor, judgment, wisdom, and heart.

Thank you, Speaker Thomas S. Foley, for your service to our Nation. You made the People's House a better place by promoting mutual respect and cooperation.

It is my hope that we all remember and learn from the example of Speaker Foley that civility is a virtue, that compromise is not weakness, and that it is possible for persons of good will to disagree without being disagreeable.

Remember, you are the Speaker of the whole House and not just one party.

I've taken positions that I think were damaging in a political sense, but I don't have any regrets taking them.

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