Congress Quotes · Page 36

Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man gainst his…

— Tench Coxe

We should go forward in courts and Congress with investigations into post-9/11 interrogations and the decisions leading to them.

— Christine Pelosi

Anything that keeps a politician humble is healthy for democracy.

— Michael Kinsley

Twenty-two percent of Americans say their primary news source is Fox News. It's divided our country in a way that we haven't…

— Robert F. Kennedy, Jr

If India is computer, Congress is its default program.

— Rahul Gandhi

Congress has a responsibility to review research paid for by hard-working American taxpayers.

— Lamar S. Smith

I think Churchill is right, the only thing to be said for democracy is that there is nothing else that's any better,…

— Dean Acheson

In effect, Hillary Clinton would be abolishing the lawmaking powers of Congress in order to write her own laws from the Oval…

— Donald Trump

I'm never running for office. I love being able to speak to members of Congress or members of the Senate and floating…

— Ian Somerhalder

Congress is where the liars and thieves meet.

— Vikrant Parsai

I don't score members of Congress; I don't conceive of my job as moving members of Congress to the utmost left position.

— Neera Tanden

Our Founding Fathers created the Executive Branch to implement and enforce the laws written by Congress, and vested this power in the…

— Tom Rice

Congratulations, Congress! 77% disapproval rating! You may be about to become the English language's most offensive C-word.

— John Oliver

Congress is best viewed from a distance—the farther the better—because up close, it is truly ugly,

— Robert M. Gates

The administration still wants to govern from the far-left and that's going to produce kind a partisan result here in the Congress.

— Mitch McConnell

Do you remember the good ol' days when Congress was only unsafe if you were an intern.

— David Letterman

“Well, then he would be at war with the government, and death was an unfortunate side effect of any revolution. Change always…

— C.J. Hill

I know well the coequal role of the Congress in our constitutional process. I love the House of Representatives. I revere the…

— Gerald R. Ford

Why are deadly weapons being sold to those who plan to inflict untold suffering on individuals and society? Sadly, the answer, as…

— Pope Francis

I was so inspired by Dr. King that in 1956 with my brothers and sisters and first cousins, I was only 16…

— John Lewis

[Regarding legislative assemblies,] the number ought at most to be kept within a certain limit, in order to avoid the confusion and…

— James Madison

The death of American liberalism as a significant moral force can be traced to the point in when President Bill Clinton signed…

— Robert Scheer

The NDAA is one of the most significant laws Congress takes on each year.

— George Santos

I think there's always a role for Congress under every instance in every administration to conduct oversight of the executive branch.

— Paul Ryan

I don't think this is a situation where you can say that Congress was avoiding any mention of the tax power. It'd…

— Donald Verrilli Jr