Quotations of the day
Posted at: 05/24/2013 1:36 AM
"We have a ton of people now. It’s just like buying a refrigerator or a stove for your house. You put in a storm shelter." _ Moore, Okla. community development director Elizabeth Jones. ___ "I was thinking that today could be my last day as a Boy Scout. Obviously, for gay Scouts like me, this vote is life-changing." _ Pascal Tessier, a 16-year-old Boy Scout from Maryland, reacts to Boy Scouts of America’s decision to accept openly gay youth as scouts. ___ "He was a hero to us. He will always be revered by us as a group because he got us home, and we didn’t know how we were going to get home." _ Retired U.S. Marine Capt. Orson Swindle, who spent six years and four months in Hanoi prison camps, speaking about then-President Richard Nixon’s efforts to free Vietnam War POWs.
By The Associated Press
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