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title: "10 Congress Public Quotes by 10 authors"
description: "Browse 10 Congress Public quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Congress Public sayings and thoughts."
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> [Congress becomes the public voice of opposition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-dallek/congress-becomes-the-public-voice-of-opposition/)

[Robert Dallek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-dallek/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ec/robert-dallek-3456_becomes_congress-becomes-the-public-voice-of-opp_1822768.png)

> [That's one of the major lessons: no president should ever take this nation to war without full public debate in the Congress…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mcnamara/that-s-one-of-the-major-lessons-no-president-should-ever-take-this/)

[Robert McNamara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mcnamara/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/070/robert-mcnamara-12738_congress_that-s-one-of-the-major-lessons-no-presi_1638595.png)

> [Large elements in Congress and the public were willing to fight for victory but wanted to be very sure that the struggle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elmer-davis/large-elements-in-congress-and-the-public-were-willing-to-fight-for/)

[Elmer Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elmer-davis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6c/elmer-davis-20512_fight_large-elements-in-congress-and-the-publi_1166631.png)

> [Congress in session is Congress on public exhibition, whilst Congress in its committee-rooms is Congress at work](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/congress-in-session-is-congress-on-public-exhibition-whilst-congress/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90c/anonymous-1_committees_congress-in-session-is-congress-on-publi_1903463.jpg)

> [Every time a president invokes executive privilege, there are three relevant audiences he has to think about: the courts, Congress, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-katyal/every-time-a-president-invokes-executive-privilege-there-are-three/)

[Neal Katyal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-katyal/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/773/neal-katyal-8085_congress_every-time-a-president-invokes-executive_2802801.jpg)

> [What is required from members of Congress and the public alike is a new spirit of devotion to the national welfare beyond…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-bayh/what-is-required-from-members-of-congress-and-the-public-alike-is-a/)

[Evan Bayh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-bayh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1af/evan-bayh-23513_congress_what-is-required-from-members-of-congres_87281.png)

> [“The president’s maladministration, which erodes public confidence in the government’s commitment to enforce immigration law and to provide Congress and the public…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-mccarthy/the-president-s-maladministration-which-erodes-public-confidence-in/)

[Andrew McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-mccarthy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb3/andrew-mccarthy-4162_confidence_the-president-s-maladministration-which_2271206.png)

> [With every new class of representatives that comes to Congress, there is a greater recognition of the perils of private financing of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-murphy/with-every-new-class-of-representatives-that-comes-to-congress-there/)

[Chris Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-murphy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bc/chris-murphy-3617_believe_with-every-new-class-of-representatives_961513.png)

> [The big polluters are confident in their grip on Congress. They have basically achieved control of the Republican Party, and as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheldon-whitehouse/the-big-polluters-are-confident-in-their-grip-on-congress-they-have/)

[Sheldon Whitehouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheldon-whitehouse/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e3/sheldon-whitehouse-3144_action_the-big-polluters-are-confident-in-their_2586917.jpg)

> [Truth-telling to Congress and the public is not disloyal in America: it is an expression of the higher loyalty officials owe to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-ellsberg/truth-telling-to-congress-and-the-public-is-not-disloyal-in-america/)

[Daniel Ellsberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-ellsberg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c8/daniel-ellsberg-11718_america_truth-telling-to-congress-and-the-public_791274.jpg)

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