Congress Quotes

1506 Congress quotes by 894 unique authors

I discharge every person under punishment or prosecution under the Sedition Law, because I considered, and now consider, that law to be a nullity as… — Thomas Jefferson
The money problem facing the country from 1789 to 1896 existed because Congress never exercised is authority to "coin money or regulate the value thereof"… — William Jennings Bryan
During the next four years...unless drastic steps are taken by Congress, the U.S. will have nearly 8,000,000 unemployed and will stand on the brink of… — Henry A. Wallace
Citizenship means standing up for the lives that gun violence steals from us each day. I have seen the courage of parents, students, pastors, and… — Barack Obama
Honestly this is not going to change unless the people who want to prevent these kinds of mass shootings from taking place feel at least… — Barack Obama
I think many people were surprised by the victory of the Congress, because it was really hard to see beyond the sort of haze of… — Arundhati Roy
Congress is responsible for every major change in India — Sonia Gandhi
Congress is not a party which fades when not in power — P. Chidambaram
All Congresses and Parliaments have a kindly feeling for idiots, and a compassion for them, on account of personal experience and heredity. — Mark Twain
To refer the power in question to the clause "to provide for the common defense and general welfare" would be contrary to the established and… — James Madison
[The necessary and proper clause] neither enlarges any power specifically granted; nor is it a grant of any new power to Congress; But it is… — Joseph Story
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. — James Madison
The true test is, whether the object be of a local character, and local use; or, whether it be of general benefit to the states.… — Joseph Story
Houses of Congress have . . . requested me to recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer,… — George Washington
I've been told that some members of Congress disagree with my tax cut proposal. Well, you know it's been said that taxation is the art… — Ronald Reagan
The appropriation of public money always is perfectly lovely until some one is asked to pay the bill. If we are to have a billion… — Calvin Coolidge
Foreign policy always has more force and punch when the nation speaks with one voice. To remain secure, prosperous, and free, the United States must… — Lee H. Hamilton
The powers of congress must be defined, but their means must be adequate to the purposes of their constitution. It is possible there may be… — Oliver Ellsworth
We are not to consider ourselves, while here, as at church or school, to listen to the harangues of speculative piety; we are here to… — Fisher Ames
The members of the legislative department . . . are numerous. They are distributed and dwell among the people at large. Their connections of blood,… — James Madison
It would reduce the whole instrument to a single phrase, that of instituting a Congress with power to do whatever would be for the good… — Thomas Jefferson
The legislative department is everywhere extending the sphere of its activity and drawing all power into its impetuous vortex. — James Madison
One hundred and seventy-three despots would surely be as oppressive as one. — James Madison
[Regarding legislative assemblies,] the number ought at most to be kept within a certain limit, in order to avoid the confusion and intemperance of a… — James Madison
On every unauthoritative exercise of power by the legislature must the people rise in rebellion or their silence be construed into a surrender of that… — Thomas Jefferson

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