Chamber Quote by Benjamin F. Wade

If you ask me to compromise on principle, I will get out the veto pen.

— Bill Owens

There's so much compromise in politics. I'm not a good compromiser.

— Rick Santelli

I think the Senate ought to realize that I have to have about me those in whom I have confidence; and unless they find…

— Calvin Coolidge

It is a great privilege for any man to become a member of the Senate.

— Anonymous

In the Senate, I will put people before politics.

— Amy McGrath

I will be my own kind of senator using my own best judgment and my own experience.

— Tina Smith

I will sit at the table and compromise with anyone in the name of progress, but there are things I'm not willing to compromise…

— Ayanna Pressley

I will fight hard for my constituents in Congress as I have done in the state Senate.

— Ted Lieu

No man is fit to be a Senator...unless he is willing to surrender his political life for great principle.

— Henry F. Ashurst

If I made decisions around here based on the election, I wouldn't be a very good senator.

— Jon Tester

I'm no lady; I'm a member of Congress, and I'll proceed on that basis.

— Anonymous

Avoid taking a definite stand on great public issues either in the Senate or before the people. Bend your energies towards making friends of…

— Quintus Tullius Cicero