Thomas Foley: “This is a man of great compassion, and the Nation has felt that.”

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.

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.

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.