Congress Quotes

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Son, if you can't take their money, drink their whiskey, screw their women, and then vote against 'em, you don't deserve to be here. — Sam Rayburn
I know well the coequal role of the Congress in our constitutional process. I love the House of Representatives. I revere the traditions of the… — Gerald R. Ford
Congress is deadlocked and can’t act. — Will Rogers
Congress meets tomorrow morning. Let us all pray: Oh Lord, give us strength to bear that which is about to be inflicted upon us. Be… — Will Rogers
A senator got up today in Congress and called his fellow senators sons of wild jackasses. Now, if you think the senators were hot, imagine… — Will Rogers
Our president delivered his State of the Union message to Congress. That is one of the things his contract calls for -- to tell congress… — Will Rogers
Hurray! Congress is to adjourn! Only four more days of Congressional burglary on the Treasury! — Will Rogers
I will not deny that there are men in the district better qualified than I to go to Congress, but gentlemen, these men are not… — Sam Rayburn
Congress allows lemonade to the members and has it charged under the head of stationery-I move also that whiskey be allowed under the item of… — Davy Crockett
Farmers, get out your sense of humor. Congress meets to relieve you again next week. — Will Rogers
Congress knew Coolidge would veto the farm bill. There was more politics than relief in that bill. — Will Rogers
This session of Congress is also to relieve the farmer again, relieve him of any encouragement that he might have received during the last one. — Will Rogers
We all joke about Congress but we can't improve on them. Have you noticed that no matter who we elect, he is just as bad… — Will Rogers
We cuss Congress, and we joke about 'em, but they are all good fellows at heart, and if they wasn't in Congress, why, they would… — Will Rogers
A president just can't make much showing against congress. They lay awake nights, thinking up things to be against the president on. — Will Rogers
They all agree, they are all unanimous in Congress, in the States, on the rostrum, in the sanctuary - everywhere they declare that slavery shall… — Robert Toombs
When I make a joke, nobody gets injured... when Congress makes a joke, it's the law. — Will Rogers
Labor Day, I suppose set by an Act of Congress. Everything we do nowadays is either by, or against, Acts of Congress. How Congress knew… — Will Rogers
With Congress, every time they make a joke it's a law, and every time they make a law it's a joke. — Will Rogers
The need for collecting large campaign funds would vanish if Congress provided an appropriation for the proper and legitimate expenses of each of the great… — Theodore Roosevelt
The reason given by the President in asking Congress to declare war against Germany is that the German government has declared certain war zones, within… — George W. Norris
I don't think that I need to tell you how important to the outcome of that race is the education legislation that is now before… — Lyndon B. Johnson
This Congress did more to uplift education, more to attack disease in this country and around the world, and more to conquer poverty than any… — Lyndon B. Johnson
This stuff they are talking here in Congress costs the people of the United States $44 a page. That's beside what it costs to ship… — Will Rogers
If we took Congress seriously, we would be worrying all the time. — Will Rogers

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