Congressman Quotes · Page 3

Rep. James Clyburn, the state's only black congressman -- controls 20 percent to 25 percent of the primary vote.

— Jim Clyburn

I've done a whole lot of things. I've had the pleasure of introducing two presidents, several senators and congressmen.

— Roy Acuff

The idea that a congressman would be tainted by accepting money from private industry or private sources is essentially a socialist argument.

— Newt Gingrich

If I can go from burglar for the government to talk show host, you can go from entertainer to congressman.

— G. Gordon Liddy

The difference between congressmen and drunken sailors is that drunken sailors are spending their own money.

— Tom Feeney

America, not Keith Ellison, decides what book a congressman takes his oath on,

— Dennis Prager

I had a good time doing ["The Congressman"], and I hope that Treat [Williams] and I plan to go flying in his…

— George Hamilton

Elect me as your congressman today, I promise you an Ilocano president in 20 years.

— Ferdinand Marcos

A world where Congressmen spend 30 to 70 percent of their time raising money from a tiny, tiny fraction of the 1%…

— Lawrence Lessig

I have been a lot of 'firsts' on the national political stage, including the first African American congressman from the Bay Area…

— Ron Dellums

The Romney-Ryan plan would replace the guarantee of Medicare with a voucher that wouldn't keep up with costs. Congressman Ryan says that…

— Debbie Wasserman Schultz

A Democratic congressman said that he worries that the IRS scandal might have a chilling effect on the IRA and that they…

— Jay Leno

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

— Sibel Edmonds

I prefer a thief to a Congressman. A thief will take your money and be on his way, but a Congressman will…

— Walter E. Williams

The congressmen and senators used to go have a drink in D.C. They would disagree all day long, but they would find…

— Zach Galifianakis

You think your congressman is working all day to get you a job? He may want to. He or she is probably…

— Steven Van Zandt

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

— Steve Inskeep

We want freedom by any means necessary. We want justice by any means necessary. We want equality by any means necessary. We…

— Malcolm X

You can't take a congressman to lunch for $25 and buy him a hamburger or a steak or something like that. But…

— Jack Abramoff

Throughout American history, the political leaders have always exhorted the American people to be nice and quiet and leave things to them.…

— Howard Zinn

By journalistic custom and D.C. law, of course, reporters don't carry guns to news conferences -- and certainly not when the person…

— Dana Milbank

The Germans, for example, have some kind of compromise between single-member and broader districts. In Israel, you have nothing, you have only…

— Kenneth Arrow

Think about the difference between how your local gas station and congressman respond to a spike in oil prices. One has the…

— Joel Miller

“I realize the congressman isn't in. I want you to deliver this message to him personally: Tell him to shut his goddamn…

— Tim Dorsey

The Cowboys were never America's team any more than Anthony Weiner was America's congressman.

— Frank Deford

Every time a congressman or pundit says its 'class warfare' to increase taxes on the wealthy, it's a massive lie.

— Adam McKay

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

— Mark Twain

I was introduced to Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson. The young Congressman was very friendly.

— Erich Leinsdorf

It's a little challenging as a congressman to keep a low profile, but I try very hard to keep a low profile.

— Seth Moulton

I never can think of Judas Iscariot without losing my temper. To my mind Judas Iscariot was nothing but a low, mean,…

— Mark Twain

Before I became a Congressman, I was a United States diplomat. I worked in Afghanistan, spent time in Iraq.

— Andy Kim

Nothing surprised me more, and meant more to me, than seeing an entire class of ninth graders mob Congressman [John] Lewis at…

— Andrew Aydin

Congressman Matt Gaetz is a visible, committed and outspoken leader in the fight for the heart of our constitutional republic.

— Anna Paulina Luna

I salute the 51 congressmen who voted (for the impeachment complaints.) It's not over yet. There will always be hope.

— Corazon Aquino

“Crittenden Plan because it would permit slavery to expand into the West. Congressman”

— Ronald C. White Jr

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

— Will Rogers

Congressman [Mike] Pompeo said he believes the intelligence agencies' claims that Russia hacked the US election.

— James Mattis

Congressman John Lewis should finally focus on the burning and crime infested inner-cities of the U.S. I can use all the help…

— Donald Trump

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

— George Hamilton

“He still had a fragment of his boyhood belief that congressman were persons of intelligence and importance.”

— Sinclair Lewis