I was eleventh-grade class president. That was the first elective office I held until I came into Congress. — Donna Edwards Copy Share Image
There is more selfishness and less principle among members of Congress than I had any conception of, before I became President of… — James K. Polk Copy Share Image
To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the law of gravitation, and kept the planets… — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
Obama tried to make deals with Republicans, and I don't think he realized he'd have such an insanely opposing Congress. — Saikat Chakrabarti Copy Share Image
The president has immense powers, but he cannot spend money unless we, the people's representatives in Congress, have agreed that he can. — Tom Malinowski Copy Share Image
Congress and state legislatures should not tell teachers how to teach, any more than they should tell surgeons how to perform operations. — Diane Ravitch Copy Share Image
In Congress, I will fight so that my kids, Magnum, Maverick, Madlyn, and Major, get to grow up and never have to… — Brian Mast Copy Share Image
Every theistic religion, including Catholicism, Mainline Protestantism, Judaism, Mormonism, and Islam, has traditionally held homosexual congress in moral opprobrium. — Michael J. Knowles Copy Share Image
I think Imran has the tendency to pick the worst qualities from other politicians. What I meant when I told him to… — Reham Khan Copy Share Image
Congress must make it clear that common animal waste will not expose farmers to liability under Superfund, while ensuring continued action to… — Ike Skelton Copy Share Image
I could not do what I do without the kindness, consideration, resourcefulness and work of librarians, particularly in public libraries... What started… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
Rahul Gandhi has promised to remove poverty and unemployment. There is nothing new about the election promises of Congress. Had only half… — Rajnath Singh Copy Share Image
Here Churchill repeats with approval a statement he had first made in January, 1930 "at a meeting at the Cannon Street Hotel."… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
I can't think of any decision where the entire Congress immediately rushes to condemn a decision by the court. It's getting to… — Stephen Reinhardt Copy Share Image
Illegal immigration presents a huge problem. That is why I decided to spend a week along the southern border to see firsthand… — Ric Keller Copy Share Image
We saw what happened in Jimmy Carter's administration. President Carter was a good man with the best of intentions. But he came… — Jim Hunt Copy Share Image
As his colleagues have noted in their tribute to him, it was typical of Leo Ryan's concern for his constituents that he… — Leo Ryan Copy Share Image
I've been in towns where there is no library, or where the library for the high school and the library for the… — James W. Loewen Copy Share Image
I don't think it is the most important thing. I think it is the fact that the director of national intelligence gave… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I think, from a progressive point of view, to have a Democratic Congress and a Democratic White House, and to have spent… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Essentially Rumsfeld wins, Cheney wins, and the CIA and State Department lose. Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld have more centralized control over intelligence,… — Seymour Hersh Copy Share Image
On the question of opposition, I think there are - when you want to send a signal if you're on the Democratic… — E. J. Dionne Copy Share Image
Citizenship means standing up for the lives that gun violence steals from us each day. I have seen the courage of parents,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Conservatives and liberals are kindred spirits as far as government spending is concerned. First, let's make sure we understand what government spending… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
The American people need to know that decisions we're making in Congress are about the interests of the American people, not potential… — Andy Kim Copy Share Image
In both houses of Congress, bipartisan legislation has been introduced to ensure that the rights of states and cities to make drone… — Robin Hayes Copy Share Image
The SP leadership is busy fighting among themselves. The only party that can stop the BJP from coming to power is the… — Mayawati Copy Share Image
In 2003, Congress authorized the construction of a visitor center for the Vietnam Memorial to help provide information and educate the public… — Dennis Cardoza Copy Share Image
Serving in Congress is the great honor of my professional life. I am deeply grateful to the people of the 4th Congressional… — Dave Camp Copy Share Image
One faction of one party, in one house of Congress, in one branch of government, doesn't get to shut down the entire… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It's hard for the White House to regain momentum if the Congress is in disarray. It ties up the Republicans in Congress… — Calvin Jillson Copy Share Image
I will tell you, when 20 6-year-olds are gunned down and Congress literally does nothing, yeah that's the closest I came to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
No one was elected to Congress because he or she promised to cut Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid. — James P. Hoffa Copy Share Image
Appellant constituted a legitimate class of one, and this provides a basis for Congress's decision to proceed with dispatch with respect to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Under our constitutional system, the executive executes the laws that Congress has passed. It should not be executing laws that Congress has… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
I briefed the House and Senate Intelligence committees that China is targeting members of Congress with six times the frequency of Russia… — John Ratcliffe Copy Share Image
Historically, the minority party in Congress votes against raising the debt limit, forcing the majority party to whip its members into casting… — Peter Welch Copy Share Image
I was never consulted before the bifurcation. Injustice has been done to Andhra Pradesh, which had no revenues. — N. Chandrababu Naidu Copy Share Image
Being elected to Congress, though I am very grateful to our friends for having done it, has not pleased me as much… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Well, it's not a pleasant experience. And it's a terribly political process, because that thing was initiated by the Congress and by,… — Bruce Babbitt Copy Share Image
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