Congress Quotes

1506 Congress quotes by 894 unique authors

Those of us who are pro-life should demand more from Congress. While we waste time on stuff like this, genuine legislation to protect life is… — Justin Amash
The US is not a superpower. The US is a financially dependent country that foreign lenders can close down at will. Washington still hasn’t learned… — Paul Craig Roberts
A couple of years ago, a Republican committee staff director told me candidly (and proudly) what the method was to all this obstruction and disruption.… — Mike Lofgren
But in Congress, accountability is just a catch phrase, usually directed elsewhere. Demands to personal responsibility or corporate accountability abound, but rarely congressional accountability or… — Melissa Bean
A top geneticist at Stanford says human intelligence is declining. You know what that means? We are seeing Congress at its smartest and most effective… — Jay Leno
Ex-convicts prepared the eggs for the White House’s Easter Egg Roll. It’s nice to see the White House reaching out to former members of Congress. — Jay Leno
The worst excesses of the Congress of the 1980s pale in comparison with what is going on in Washington today. — Marty Meehan
I have seen ministers of justice, clothed in magisterial robes and criminals arraigned before them, while life was suspended on a breath in the courts… — Parley P. Pratt
If Congress sees fit to impose a capitation, or other direct tax, it must be laid in proportion to the census; if Congress determines to… — Salmon P. Chase
Even 51 per cent of a nation can establish a totalitarian and dictatorial règime, suppress minorities, and still remain democratic; there is, as we have… — Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn
Congress is furious at the Secret Service for consorting with hookers, which has traditionally been Congress's role. — Andy Borowitz
Congress remains in total denial as our liberties are rapidly fading before our eyes. The process is propelled by unwarranted fear and ignorance as to… — Ron Paul
I really want Congress to do its job, the constitutional power that they have to halt an imperial presidency, to halt this fundamental transformation of… — Sarah Palin
Is there really someone who, searching for a group of wise and sensitive persons to regulate him for his own good, would choose that group… — Robert Nozick
The question is: What can we, as citizens, do to reform our tax system? As you know, under our three-branch system of government, the tax… — Dave Barry
Very few men are fortunate enough to gain distinction during their first term in Congress. — John George Nicolay
President Obama signed a bill preventing members of Congress from profiting from insider trading. Didn't you think that was already illegal? — Jay Leno
Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man gainst his own bosom. Congress… — Tench Coxe
There is no getting around it; Congress is failing the American people. — Mark Udall
There are only two economists in Congress and hundreds of lawyers. Does that explain why the government is in such a mess? — Thomas Sowell
If congress refuses to obey its own rules. If congress refuses to pass a balanced budget. If congress refuses to read the Bills. Then I… — Rand Paul
Most people are far more concerned that they can control their own bodies than they are about petitioning Congress. — Jacob M. Appel
For me, the Congress party is now my life, the people of India are my life, and I will fight for the people of India… — Rahul Gandhi
I believe in helping our fellow man in need. I believe that reaching into your own pockets to help someone in need is praiseworthy and… — Walter E. Williams
We are determined to listen to nothing from the illegal congress. — George III

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