Congress Quotes

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And the annual meetings of the League's Assembly are in effect official peace congresses binding on the participating states to an extent that most statesmen… — Hjalmar Branting
Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping as are the physical limitations that flow from actual impairment. — William J. Brennan
Appellant constituted a legitimate class of one, and this provides a basis for Congress's decision to proceed with dispatch with respect to his materials. — William J. Brennan
One thing I want to do is create something called Ring Around Congress. It would be a state deal and also a national thing, where… — Jeff Bridges
It's a lie! I am not an anti-Semite. The World Jewish Congress supported me and said that I am not anti-Semitic. — Hugo Chavez
Congress seems drugged and inert most of the time... its idea of meeting a problem is to hold hearings or, in extreme cases, to appoint… — Shirley Chisholm
I wanted to see my name on the cover of a book. If your name is in the Library of Congress, you're immortal. — Tom Clancy
My father ran for Congress in 2004, and I got a sense that there is no way to achieve much success without a certain amount… — George Clooney
As I have been saying for more than a year now, turning this vital mission over to the Iraqi people as soon as possible should… — Howard Coble
Congress doesn't hate Congress. — Jack Abramoff
La Raza stands for 'The Race' - and they say so openly. They are a pro-Hispanic organization; I will call them a racist organization. They… — Steve King
We have to identify everybody that's here, and there's going to be an appropriate discussion in Congress on how to deal with an individual who… — Rick Perry
Congressional mistakes have dramatically increased immigration through a series of what I believe were ill-advised actions going back to 1965 when the basic notions of… — Ronald Reagan
When you authorised Congress to borrow money, and to contract debts, for carrying on the late war, you could not intend to abridge them of… — Unknown Author
The other General Welfare Clause is in the first of the authorities given to the Congress and it's not a grant, it's a restriction. By… — Andrew Napolitano
...we will not grant amnesty to illegal aliens in this Congress or, hopefully ever again. We did that once. Everybody said it was a one… — Phil Gramm
Congress should definitely consider decriminalizing possession of marijuana... We should concentrate on prosecuting the rapists and burglars who are a menace to society. — Dan Quayle
The IRS has become morally corrupted by the enormous power which we in Congress have unwisely entrusted to it. Too often it acts like a… — Edward V. Long
Pro and con are opposites, that fact is clearly seen. If progress means to move forward, then what does congress mean? — Nipsey Russell
At a time when our country is waging two wars, approval ratings for Congress are at historic lows, unemployment is at a 70-year high and… — Franklin Graham
I'm no lady; I'm a member of Congress, and I'll proceed on that basis. — Mary Norton
We're half the people; we should be half the Congress. — Jeannette Rankin
I was so inspired by Dr. King that in 1956 with my brothers and sisters and first cousins, I was only 16 years old, we… — John Lewis
My golf-loving friend Bob Hope asked me what my handicap was, so I told him - the Congress. — Ronald Reagan
No law can give Congress a backbone if it refuses to stand off as the coequal branch the Constitution made it. — Trey Gowdy

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