--- title: "3 Leo Ryan Quotes" description: "Leo Joseph Ryan Jr. was an American politician and teacher. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented California's 11th congressional district in..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/396/leo-ryan-85519_bent_representative-leo-j-ryan-understood-the_124561.jpg" --- # Leo Ryan **3** quotes in **48** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Leo Joseph Ryan Jr. was an American politician and teacher. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented California's 11th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1973 until his assassination in the Jonestown massacre in 1978. Before that, he served in the California Sta ## Quotes by Leo Ryan > [Representative Leo J. Ryan understood the manipulation phenomena people were describing to him and he lost his life in a Guyanese jungle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-ryan/representative-leo-j-ryan-understood-the-manipulation-phenomena/) [Leo Ryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-ryan/) [Bent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/396/leo-ryan-85519_bent_representative-leo-j-ryan-understood-the_124561.jpg) > [As his colleagues have noted in their tribute to him, it was typical of Leo Ryan's concern for his constituents that he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-ryan/as-his-colleagues-have-noted-in-their-tribute-to-him-it-was-typical/) [Leo Ryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-ryan/) [Affected](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/affected/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15e/leo-ryan-85519_affected_as-his-colleagues-have-noted-in-their-tr_2275821.jpg) > [Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-ryan/be-it-enacted-by-the-senate-and-house-of-representatives-of-the/) [Leo Ryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-ryan/) [America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4c/leo-ryan-85519_america_be-it-enacted-by-the-senate-and-house-of_2974468.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-ryan/#itemlist", "name": "Leo Ryan Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Representative Leo J. Ryan understood the manipulation phenomena people were describing to him and he lost his life in a Guyanese jungle investigating how Jim Jones \"bent minds.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Leo Ryan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-ryan/representative-leo-j-ryan-understood-the-manipulation-phenomena/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/396/leo-ryan-85519_bent_representative-leo-j-ryan-understood-the_124561.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/396/leo-ryan-85519_bent_representative-leo-j-ryan-understood-the_124561.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/396/leo-ryan-85519_bent_representative-leo-j-ryan-understood-the_124561.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Representative Leo J. 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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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Leo Ryan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-ryan/as-his-colleagues-have-noted-in-their-tribute-to-him-it-was-typical/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15e/leo-ryan-85519_affected_as-his-colleagues-have-noted-in-their-tr_2275821.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15e/leo-ryan-85519_affected_as-his-colleagues-have-noted-in-their-tr_2275821.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15e/leo-ryan-85519_affected_as-his-colleagues-have-noted-in-their-tr_2275821.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As his colleagues have noted in their tribute to him, it was typical of Leo Ryan's concern for his…” — Leo Ryan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) the President of the United States is authorized to present, on behalf of the Congress, a gold medal of appropriate design to the family of the late Honorable Leo J. 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