Senators Quotes · Page 5

Along with my colleagues Mark Warner and Sheldon Whitehouse, I have been working to end the process of secret holds, which is…

— Claire McCaskill

When I was a Senator from New York, I represented and worked with so many talented principled people who made their living…

— Hillary Clinton

When President Nixon declared war on drugs on June 17, 1971, about 110 people per 100,000 in the population were incarcerated. Today,…

— Maia Szalavitz

I am not a conservative but I have spoken out for years against the staggering amount blind hatred directed at black conservatives…

— Juan Williams

There was always this sense, even early on in the campaign, that if the senator Obama could score this upset victory in…

— Josh Earnest

It was important for us to be as supportive as our candidates and as our incumbent senators would have us be.

— Tom Daschle

I think this is a scary thing [hacking] that does have to be taken out of a partisan context. And one of…

— E. J. Dionne

Ted Kennedy's achievements as a senator have towered over his time, changing the lives of far more Americans than remember the name…

— Adam Clymer

I want you to take a good, hard look at me, America, because this is exactly what you’ve got coming.

— Ted Cruz

Though the archbishop may rightly argue that they are objectively wrong in their positions, I don't understand how he can presume to…

— John I. Jenkins

I've been in favor of getting rid of carried interest for years, starting when I was a senator from New York.

— Hillary Clinton

This book [Dreams from My Father] was more of a reflection on my public life, now as a U.S. senator and before…

— Barack Obama

That isn't how I've always felt. As a congressman, and more recently as a senator, I opposed marriage for same-sex couples. Then…

— Rob Portman

Senator Sanders, of course, has campaigned for Hillary Clinton. But what about his legions of supporters?

— Scott Simon

The Bill of Rights existed long before President Obama was elected, and as long as I’m a U.S. Senator, I will fight…

— Rand Paul

Although the Senate is much given to admiring in its members a superiority less obvious or quite invisible to outsiders, one Senator…

— Henry Adams

I have heard the critics. What they are spewing are lies, nothing more. My defense policy calls for an efficient and strong…

— Mario Cuomo

The trouble with Senator Long is that he is suffering from halitosis of the intellect.That's presuming Senator Long has an intellect.

— Harold L. Ickes

Senate races are different from House races, in the sense that they are more candidate-driven. The higher the office - that is,…

— Judy Woodruff

I knew Jack Kennedy; Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy.

— Lloyd Bentsen

Our nation, which possesses greater resources than any other, is rent, from center to circumference, with party strife, political intrigues, and sectional…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

People in Congress are willing to shut down the entire government or to make it impossible for a Supreme Court nominee to…

— George Packer

Indeed, as soon as he took office, Senator Mitch McConnell announced that his top priority was to deny President [Barack] Obama a…

— Julianne Malveaux

I would have never guessed I have, like, senators reposting me.

— Katelyn Ohashi

What havoc, said I to myself, would these manners make in America! Our governors, our judges, our senators or representatives, and even…

— John Adams