Senators Quotes · Page 11

Really, life is complicated enough without having a bunch of Senators deciding what we should do in the privacy of our own…

— Barbara Boxer

That's why we have senators and members of congress from every state. That's why we have elections. Because the people speak and…

— Mike Lee

It is regrettable that Senator Kennedy has chosen Veteran's Day to continue leveling baseless and false attacks that send the wrong signal…

— Scott McClellan

A foreigner coming here and reading the Congressional Record would say that the President of the United States was elected solely for…

— Will Rogers

If Nixon were a Republican senator today, he would have been primaried out.

— Harry Shearer

I’m a United States senator. I’m not an Israeli senator.

— Chuck Hagel

In 1998, I was screening 'Good Will Hunting' at Camp David. And I was saying, 'Nice to meet you, Mr. President. Nice…

— Lawrence Bender

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

— Roy Acuff

[Senators John Kerry & John Edwards] have risen high in Democratic polls with a brand of class resentment and soak-the-rich rhetoric rooted…

— William Safire

Fellow senators balked at punishing Senator Alfonse D'Amato of New York though he was caught in a series of transactions that earned…

— William Greider

Senator; you've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?

— Joseph N. Welch

Congress voted for tougher laws on corporations. So now when a corporation buys a senator, they need a receipt.

— Jay Leno

Donald Trump didn't know the [Democratic] vice presidential candidate he was running against: Tim Kaine [Senator] of Virginia, Donald! Not Thomas Kean,…

— Chrissy Teigen

I'm going to keep talking about what I would do as president, the experience that I bring, the temperament and judgment that…

— Hillary Clinton

You don't say that for a senator to be a great senator he has to vote against his constituency.

— Michael Beschloss

I have done it [appointed commissions] regretfully and with the hope that it would be temporary. But after a commission is established…

— Calvin Coolidge

It's the rising tide of enmity in the country, Donald Trump attacking judges, Donald Trump attacking John McCain, Senator [Richard] Blumenthal, the…

— David Brooks

At the end of the day, Obamacare is bad for America. Washington, D.C., exempted themselves. U.S. senators still do not have to…

— Tim Huelskamp

The Senate was the equivalent of an aristocracy at the beginning. Senators were not even elected; they were appointed in the early…

— Rush Limbaugh

Lust: Which senator once reached for a handkerchief in his pocket and proceeded to wipe his brow with a pair of women's…

— Brad Meltzer

No president in modern times has come to power with less political experience or less managerial experience. On the other hand, no…

— Bob Tyrrell

The bottom line is that every single member of Congress has to get voted into office every two or six years. That…

— Ezra G. Levin

'Do you pray for the senators, Dr. Hale?' No, I look at the senators and I pray for the country.

— Edward Everett Hale

It sure did kick up some excitement in the Senate when one Senator called the other Senators 'sons of Wild jackasses.' Well,…

— Will Rogers

I want to congratulate Senator [Bernie] Sanders for the extraordinary campaign.... He has spent his long career in public service, fighting for…

— Hillary Clinton