Congress Quotes · Page 9

Most of what we report from Congress they don't care about unless it affects them directly.

— Roone Arledge

Term limits would make Congress bolder, more independent, and less risk-averse.

— George Will

I've got five years of experience as a national security staffer in the U.S. Congress.

— Jon Ossoff

It is the BSP that will get Brahmin votes. In fact we will get votes of all communities.

— Mayawati

People don't want Congress dictating what light fixtures they can use.

— Joe Barton

BJP doesn't practice the culture of stopping schemes of previous governments.

— Amit Shah

I started knitting in the Congress, and it was a scandal - like, big scandal.

— Laura Esquivel

I may be the first woman member of Congress, but I won’t be the last.

— Jeannette Rankin

This is a basic function of Congress to keep the government running. And so, what we ought not to do is play…

— David Plouffe

“It was nonsense to talk about its being a sacrifice to come there; for if it were, they would not see so…

— David Crockett

Statements in support of radical terror organizations have become the norm for certain left wing members of Congress.

— Madison Cawthorn

Popular congresses are the only means to achieve popular democracy. Any system of government other than popular congresses is undemocratic.

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

I think many people were surprised by the victory of the Congress, because it was really hard to see beyond the sort…

— Arundhati Roy

Chidamabaram has ruined the economy. He has turned out to be a third-rate failure as finance minister.

— Subramanian Swamy

Professional politicians are busy looking out for their jobs. Send me to Congress so I can look out for your job.

— Robert J. Garagiola

As one of the voices of rural New Yorkers in Congress, I am committed to supporting efforts such as these that will…

— John M. McHugh

[I am] confident that Congress will pass the Kennedy-Hatch KidCare bill, a first step toward the single-payer socialized medicine system that the…

— Phyllis Schlafly

Every special interest is entitled to justice - full, fair, and complete... but not one is entitled to a vote in Congress,…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Every person is scared of which bomb Modi will drop at which minute. He is appearing like a terrorist. Instead of loving…

— Vijayashanti

Why should DMK align with Congress after blaming the Congress of taking revenge on it for the 2G scam, which caused the…

— J. Jayalalithaa

I have seen ministers of justice, clothed in magisterial robes and criminals arraigned before them, while life was suspended on a breath…

— Parley P. Pratt

The warmongers in the United States Congress are not aware of, or they're blind to the fact that what they are doing…

— Louis Farrakhan

I honestly feel that if there is an important point of view, any member of the Congress party, any member of my…

— Manmohan Singh

What I said to the members [of Congress] who hoped they would be chairmen: let's don't have that problem. Be thinking now…

— Mitch McConnell

No subject was more important in the 2014 elections than healthcare, and Republicans in Congress should waste no time in taking decisive…

— Bobby Jindal

The Court's decision reflects the philosophy that judges should endure whatever interpretive distortions it takes in order to correct a supposed flaw…

— Antonin Scalia

Mr. Roosevelt, this is my principal request--it is almost the last request I shall ever make of anybody. Before you leave the…

— Susan B. Anthony

We must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for the living to lead us into an act of…

— Davy Crockett

The true test is, whether the object be of a local character, and local use; or, whether it be of general benefit…

— Joseph Story

Before the formation of this Constitution it had been affirmed as a self evident truth, in the Declaration of Independence, very deliberately…

— Samuel Adams

Thus these three amendments to the Constitution [13th, 14th, 15th] were ratified while the ten Southern states were under martial law, and…

— Eustace Mullins

“Congress also did little to deal with poverty, education, or mounting urban problems. It seemed especially deaf to what was soon to…

— James T. Patterson

Just because you have the numbers in Congress, doesn't mean it's wise to abuse your power.

— Miranda Devine

You can see how dysfunctional this Congress is.

— Pat Toomey

I'm just going to let my record in Congress speak for itself.

— Grace Meng

I never envisioned retiring out of the Congress.

— Richard Burr

Reaping political dividends out of tragedies is deeply engrained in the Congress' DNA.

— Piyush Goyal

When Congress talks of tax reform, grab your wallet and run for cover.

— Steve Symms

I would not have a woman go to Congress merely because she is a woman.

— Crystal Eastman

And always remember, Abraham Lincoln only served one term in Congress, too.

— Allen West