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title: "4 Senate Ought Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 4 Senate Ought quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Senate Ought sayings and thoughts."
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> [I think the Senate ought to realize that I have to have about me those in whom I have confidence; and unless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/calvin-coolidge/i-think-the-senate-ought-to-realize-that-i-have-to-have-about-me/)

[Calvin Coolidge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/calvin-coolidge/)

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> [ We have huge national security issues in this country, and the United States Senate ought to be pushing President \[Barack\] Obama towards… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeb-bush/we-have-huge-national-security-issues-in-this-country-and-the-united/)

[Jeb Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeb-bush/)

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> [ “\[The Senate\] ought to be so constituted as to protect the minority of the opulent against the majority.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/the-senate-ought-to-be-so-constituted-as-to-protect-the-minority-of/)

[James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-madison/)

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> [“The man who is possessed of wealth, who lolls on his sofa, or rolls in his carriage, cannot judge of the wants…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/the-man-who-is-possessed-of-wealth-who-lolls-on-his-sofa-or-rolls-in/)

[James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-madison/)

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