Senate Quotes

There are conspiracies all over the Senate floor on any day!

— Arlen Specter

Advice and consent does not mean rubber stamp in the Senate.

— Patricia Ireland

The Senate is not a court for trying private citizens.

— Bill Hagerty

The wind doesn't bother me. I'm in the US Senate.

— Bob Dole

I was down to an 11-handicap before running for the Senate.

— Jack Swigert

I went to the Senate, accomplished nothing as usual.

— Clara Barton

We have a lot of thoughtful people in the U.S. Senate.

— Marco Rubio

I love being in the United States Senate.

— John Kennedy

Back in the '40's, Lyndon Johnson could still steal a Senate election in South Texas with the help of the big patrons.

— Calvin Jillson

After all, the U.S. Senate already has one Arlen Specter too many.

— Marco Rubio

When you run for the U.S. Senate, it's a full game on. This is not for the faint of heart.

— Robert Blaha

Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?

— Will Rogers

“[The Senate] ought to be so constituted as to protect the minority of the opulent against the majority.”

— James Madison

Civilization as we know it today would be in jeopardy if the Republicans win the Senate.

— Nancy Pelosi

In 1947, the year Clinton was born, there were no women serving in the Senate.

— Rebecca Traister

Montanans elected me to the Senate to do away with shady backroom deals and to make government work better.

— Jon Tester

I will consider my time in the Senate a failure if we don't pass some meaningful legislation to reduce the likelihood that…

— Chris Murphy

I worked in the Senate in the 1970s. I worked for the Labor, Public Welfare Committee, and we had Ted Kennedy and…

— Angus King

Crossroads is second to none in our support of Tea Party candidates. In 2010 and '12, we spent over $30 million for…

— Karl Rove

Well, my constituents are happy that the Republican Party has finally gotten off its duff, seeing that we do control the House…

— Dana Rohrabacher

I have been immeasurably honored to serve the people of Maine for nearly 40 years in public office and for the past…

— Olympia Snowe

When I got to the Senate, I started working with Republicans. I think I practically worked with every single one of them,…

— Hillary Clinton

Strom Thurmond, the former segregationist candidate for president was the Republican Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1986 and he tried…

— Lawrence O'Donnell

In his first 100 days, Mr. Obama has put the fate of his presidency in the hands of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi…

— Karl Rove

The thing that [the Senate and the House] don't realize is that everyone wants them to come from beyond that contradiction so…

— Jon Stewart

We have not only a Hindu prayer being offered in the Senate, we have a Muslim member of the House of Representatives…

— Bill Sali

[Barack Obama] was running for Senate and he's saying, I'm not for gay marriage because I'm a Christian. Jump off a bridge!…

— Bill Ayers

I got into politics when I was eight years old. Six years now. And I got involved because I started listening to…

— Jonathan Krohn

Yes, the Commission wants to increase its powers, Yes, it is a non-elected body and I do not want the Commission to…

— Margaret Thatcher

I think it's one thing to be part of a very important group called the Senate of the United States and cast…

— Tom Ridge

I would hope that the Senate would do its job and confirm the nominee that President [Barack] Obama has sent to them.…

— Hillary Clinton

In trying to explain our political paralysis, analysts cite President Obama's tactical missteps, the obstinacy of congressional Republicans, rising partisanship in Washington,…

— Jacob Weisberg

“The Democratic party in Louisiana just continued to move father and farther away from basic American values and farther away from the…

— Elbert Guillory

Let the record show that you can be a United States senator for 21 years. You can be 79 years old. You…

— Dianne Feinstein

The full consequences of a default or even the serious prospect of default by the United States are impossible to predict and…

— Ronald Reagan

As a young lawyer, I learned to try to find common ground with people, to look for a human connection. When I…

— Hillary Clinton

I think that the risk to all the progress we've made was at stake in the election because not just the president-elect…

— Barack Obama

When a fissure off the California coast started pumping and dumping oil on the nearby towns and beaches, everybody started dumping on…

— Malcolm Forbes

It is hard for us to admit we have a sin nature because we live in this system of checks and balances.…

— Donald Miller

Electric service providers in Missouri have warned that the EPA's so-called Clean Power Plan will raise energy costs for Missourians, reduce jobs,…

— Roy Blunt