Senate Quotes · Page 20

I've often wished we had more women in the Senate.

— Mitch McConnell

I never would have believed as a candidate for the U.S. Senate that the U.S. government could buy GM without a hearing,…

— Mike Johanns

If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States for an outright ban, picking up every one…

— Dianne Feinstein

Easy money, sudden fortunes, increasingly powerful political machines and blatant corruption transformed much of the nation; and the Senate, as befits a…

— John F. Kennedy

I think I'm the last Democrat left in the Senate after Russ Feingold was defeated that won't take earmarks.

— Claire McCaskill

One of the dangers of being here [the Senate] a while is you may have been on record directly and diametrically opposed…

— John Cornyn

The Senate is indeed a deliberative body, and that quality serves the nation well. A slow-moving government helps us maintain a stable…

— John C. Danforth

Yesterday, the Senate voted to approve President Clinton's decision to send troops to Bosnia. And they voted to change the name of…

— David Letterman

At the age of nineteen, on my own initiative and at my own expense, I raised an army by means of which…

— Augustus

I may have grown cynical from long service, but this is a tendency I do not like, and I sometimes think I'd…

— John Sharp Williams

It is no surprise that the Republican-controlled Senate intelligence committee has once again caved in to the wishes of the White House…

— Harry Reid

I believe in friendly compromise. I said over in the Senate hearings that truth is the glue that holds government together. Compromise…

— Gerald R. Ford

Marco Rubio doesn't go to the United States Senate. I must say, if I were a United States senator, I would be…

— Donald Trump

Well, you know, I think in conversations with members of the Senate and others, they all recognize that the issue of immigration…

— Janet Napolitano

The Tea Party has an important voice in the country and now they have a voice in the U.S. Senate.

— Mike Lee

I do not see that the sex of the candidate is an argument against her admission as a Privatdozent. After all, the…

— David Hilbert

“Paul's greatest contribution to the progressive cause wasn't what he accomplished in the senate, although he accomplished a lot. It's the way…

— Al Franken

A poet, to whom no one cruel or imposing listens, Disdained by senates, whispers to your dust.

— Carolyn Kizer

When I left the Senate in January 2013, I decided to take a full year away from all media interviews, editorial articles,…

— Jim Webb

The Senate has sent President Obama a spending bill that gives the government enough money to keep going for two weeks. Our…

— Conan O'Brien

I think [Donald Trump] s got the votes for [tax reform]. I think he's definitely has the Republican votes for it, in…

— Rudy Giuliani

Reparations, I believe, are talked about for political reasons, trying to cater for the purpose of getting votes. If Congress was serious…

— J. C. Watts

If you're hanging around with nothing to do and the zoo is closed, come over to the Senate. You'll get the same…

— Bob Dole

I'd like to see that bipartisanship come back that we used to have in the House of Representatives, in the Clinton years.…

— Bill Richardson

[In ancient Rome,] why did the senate after killing Caesar turn around and give the government to his nephew? Why did France…

— George Lucas