“As his colleagues have noted in their tribute to him, it was typical of Leo Ryan's concern for his constituents that he would investigate personally the rumors of mistreatment in Jonestown that reportedly affected so many from his district. Leo Ryan is the 88th recipient of a Congressional Gold Medal and only the 4th Member of Congress to receive this high honor from his colleagues.” HonorMembersConcernGoldCongressAffectedTypicalColleaguesMedalRumorTributeConstituentsGold MedalsMistreatment Author:Leo Ryan
“Like an armed warrior, like a plumed knight, James G. Blaine marched down the halls of the American Congress and threw his shining lance full and fair against the brazen foreheads of the defamers of his country, and the maligners of his honor.” CountryPoliticsHonorFairsShiningCongressWarriorHallsKnightsForeheadsBrazen Author:Robert Green Ingersoll
“What a pity it is that our Congress had not known this discovery, and that Alexander Hamilton’s projects of raising an army of fifty thousand Men, ten thousand of them to be Cavalry and his projects of sedition Laws and Alien Laws and of new taxes to support his army, all arose from a superabundance of secretions which he could not find whores enough to draw off! and that the same vapours produced his Lyes and Slanders by which he totally destroyed his party forever and finally lost his Life in the field of Honor.” MenEnoughLawLostPartyKnownSupportForeverFieldsHonorThousandTenTaxesProjectsDrawsDiscoveryArmyCongressPityDestroyedAliensFiftySlanderHamiltonCavalryVapour Book:Old Family Letters: Copied from the Originals for Alexander Biddle... Series A-[B] Source: Old Family Letters: Copied from the Originals for Alexander Biddle... Series A-[B]
“Serving in Congress has been more than an honor; it has been one of the most exhilarating experiences of my life ... It has been a wonderful ride. It has been a wonderful journey.” Has BeensWonderfulJourneyHonorCongressServingExhilaratingWonderful Journey Author:J. C. Watts
“Our Congresses consist of Christians. In their private life they are true to every obligation of honor; yet in every session they violate them all, and do it without shame. Because honor to party is above honor to themselves.” ChristianReligiousPartyHonorShameCongressObligationSessionPrivate Life Book:Christian Science Source: Christian Science