Congressman Quotes · Page 8

Fundamental problem in American democracy is that we are allowing congressmen and senators to be bought and sold like sneakers.

— Alex Gibney

The Congressman ascertained that the consulate in Havana had numbers to feed the pigs.

— Erich Leinsdorf

It is the will of God that we must have critics and missionaries and congressmen and humorists, and we must bear the…

— Mark Twain

Former Enron founder Ken Lay and CEO Jeffrey Skilling found guilty in the Enron case. Ken Lay is so guilty I'm surprised…

— Jay Leno

I went in to play the most corrupt politician I could possibly think of [in "The Congressman"] and to do it with…

— George Hamilton

I grew up with a very privileged background. My father served as one of the cabinet ministers in Arroyo's government, and he's…

— Miguel Syjuco

A war of words escalated between the president-elect and a civil rights icon. Donald Trump fired back at democratic Congressman John Lewis…

— Al Sharpton

In my [Impossibility] theorem I'm assuming that the information is a ranking. Each voter can say of any two candidates, I prefer…

— Kenneth Arrow

The president who did the most for black Americans in 20th century history was Lyndon Johnson, and he got his hands dirty…

— Steve Inskeep

To many Congressmen and Senators right now, there's a ceaseless antagonism toward Hollywood because politically, it is high-reward and low-risk. So when…

— Jack Valenti

Yesterday Gary Condit spent the whole day attending an agricultural meeting. Boy, that's when you know a congressman's in real trouble: when…

— Jay Leno

I think Gov. Romney and Congressman Ryan are living in a fairly tale land on their energy policy.

— Ken Salazar

My problem with Obama is that he's not a new paradigm; he's an old paradigm. A new paradigm would be somebody like…

— Shelby Steele

Get yourself a few ‘Dime a Dozen Generals,’ bid high in the ‘former statesmen lobby auction’, and put in your pocket one…

— Sibel Edmonds

The taxpayers are sending congressmen on expensive trips abroad. It might be worth it except they keep coming back

— Will Rogers

You know, [congressmen] can talk about sequester, they can talk about all of the different things that they've - they're doing. But…

— Donald Trump

It is the will of God that we must have critics, and missionaries, and Congressmen, and humorists, and we must bear the…

— Mark Twain

A former congressman on his sexting habit: I have made terrible mistakes. I have not been honest with myself, my family, my…

— Anthony Weiner

I actually thought I had a meeting with congressman [Elijah] Cummings and he was all excited. Then he said, I can't move,…

— Donald Trump

I'm blacker than Barack Obama. I shined shoes. I grew up in a five-room apartment. My father had a little laundromat in…

— Rod Blagojevich

My dad was a congressman, and he taught me at a very early age, 'They voted for me, they view me as…

— Harold Ford, Jr

I'm starting to like muggers more than congressmen. At least the muggers don't claim they're doing you a favor.

— Paul Jacob

I am amazed that Congressmen can pass a bill imposing severe penalties on anyone who burns the American flag, whereas they are…

— Alan Watts

I have spent my career trying to get Congressmen to spend the people's money as if it were their own. But I…

— William Proxmire

I'll never be a senator. I'll never be a congressman.

— Doug Burgum