Political Quotes

“49 years ago today, on a hillside near Bologna, Italy, a young lieutenant lead his squad through a complex array of bunkers and gun emplacements manned by German defenders. While executing a flanking maneuver, the squad approached a farmhouse from which German machinegun fire was coming. The young lieutenant was severely and gravely wounded. He lie face down in the mud, paralyzed from his neck down, his collarbone crushed, his lung punctured, and his vertebrae damaged. He endured numerous operations, and for nearly a year the wounded soldier could not feed himself, not even the basic elements of personal care. It took even longer for him to be able to dress himself without assistance. When he was wounded, he weighed 194 pounds. One year later, he weighed 122 pounds. He ultimately spent 39 months in rehabilitation hospitals, and death was near several times. Movement gradually returned to his body, and his last operation took place in November 1947. Through sheer guts, determination, mental toughness, and faith the young man not only survived, he excelled. He went back to college. He received a law degree in 1952. He was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives in 1950. In 1960, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. In 1968, he was elected to the Senate.”