--- title: "3 Steve Symms Quotes - Famous Politician" description: "Steven Douglas Symms was an American politician and lobbyist who served as a four-term congressman (1973–1981) and two-term U.S. senator (1981–1993), re..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-steve-symms-87412.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Steve Symms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-steve-symms-87412.jpg) # Steve Symms (1938–2024) Politician United States **3** quotes in **24** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Steve Symms was a politician from the United States. ## Quick Facts About Steve Symms Born April 23, 1938 Died August 8, 2024 Nationality United States Profession Politician ## About Steve Symms Steven Douglas Symms was an American politician and lobbyist who served as a four-term congressman (1973–1981) and two-term U.S. senator (1981–1993), representing Idaho. He later became a partner at Parry, Romani, DeConcini & Symms, a lobbying firm in Washington, D.C. ## Quotes by Steve Symms > [When Congress talks of tax reform, grab your wallet and run for cover.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-symms/when-congress-talks-of-tax-reform-grab-your-wallet-and-run-for-cover/) [Steve Symms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-symms/) [Congress](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/congress/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/710/steve-symms-79658_congress_when-congress-talks-of-tax-reform-grab-y_1636092.jpg) > [Those who cannot afford to sue currently have no protection of their property rights if they come in conflict with a regulation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-symms/those-who-cannot-afford-to-sue-currently-have-no-protection-of-their/) [Steve Symms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-symms/) [Conflict](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conflict/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02c/steve-symms-79658_conflict_those-who-cannot-afford-to-sue-currently_2858692.jpg) > [In America, freedom and justice have always come from the ballot box, the jury box, and when that fails, the cartridge box.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-symms/in-america-freedom-and-justice-have-always-come-from-the-ballot-box/) [Steve Symms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-symms/) [America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ba/steve-symms-79658_america_in-america-freedom-and-justice-have-alwa_2907912.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-symms/#itemlist", "name": "Steve Symms Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When Congress talks of tax reform, grab your wallet and run for cover.", "creator": { "@type": 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