Political Quotes

“I would like to briefly pay tribute to one of my heroes, too. Mr. Stokes is just a tremendous, tremendous person. Earlier this year I spoke, following Maxine Waters and Congressman Stokes, to a group here in the Capitol, and as I explained to the people, following Maxine Waters and Lou Stokes, you are the two people in this Capitol that are unique. One could heat this place up faster than anybody and the other could cool this place down faster than anybody. Those are both valuable tools and they are wonderful tools to have. He is a man I have tremendous respect for, just tremendous respect, because he is a kind person and he treats people with respect. He treats issues with integrity and that to me is the most important thing a person can bring to this Chamber. So when you go home tonight, Lou, I want you to think about Sally Fields when she accepted that Oscar and you can say, you do not have to say it here but you can say it there, you can say they really liked me because, Lou, we really like you.”