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Congress Quotes by Will Rogers
- The budget is like a mythical bean bag. Congress votes mythical beans into it, then reaches in and tries to pull real ones out.
- Congress is deadlocked and can’t act.
- 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…
- 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…
- Our president delivered his State of the Union message to Congress. That is one of the things his contract calls for -- to tell congress…
- Hurray! Congress is to adjourn! Only four more days of Congressional burglary on the Treasury!
- Farmers, get out your sense of humor. Congress meets to relieve you again next week.
- Congress knew Coolidge would veto the farm bill. There was more politics than relief in that bill.
- 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.
- 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…
- 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…
- A president just can't make much showing against congress. They lay awake nights, thinking up things to be against the president on.
- When I make a joke, nobody gets injured... when Congress makes a joke, it's the law.
- 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…
- With Congress, every time they make a joke it's a law, and every time they make a law it's a joke.
- 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…
- If we took Congress seriously, we would be worrying all the time.
- And kid Congress and the Senate, dont scold em. They are just children thats never grown up. They dont like to be corrected in company.…
- See where Congress passed a two billion dollar bill to relieve bankers' mistakes. You can always count on us helping those who have lost part…
- Lobbyists have more offices in Washington than the President. You see, the President only tells Congress what they should do. Lobbyists tell'em what they will…
- You could transfer Congress over to run Standard Oil or General Motors, and they would have both things bankrupt in two years.
- Borrowing money on what's called 'easy terms,' is a one-way ticket to the Poor House. If you think it ain't a Sucker Game, why is…
- And the thing about my jokes is, they don't hurt anybody. You can take 'em or leave 'em - you can say they're funny or…
- The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.
- This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
More Congress Quotes
- I'm substantially concerned about the policy directions of the space agency. We have a situation in the U.S. where the White House… — Neil Armstrong
- The health of the people is of supreme importance. All measures looking to their protection against the spread of contagious diseases and… — Chester A. Arthur
- I came to the conclusion months ago, and I said it to members of Congress, that the only way people are going… — David Axelrod
- During my first term in Congress, I signed a pledge that I will take no more earmarks and I've been faithful to… — Michele Bachmann
- I was in the Minnesota state Senate from 2000 until 2006. In 2006, I was urged to run for Congress, I did.… — Michele Bachmann
- I think it's important that people know what raising the debt ceiling is. It's Congress giving permission to the federal government to… — Michele Bachmann
- I wish the American media would take a great look at the views of the people in Congress and find out, are… — Michele Bachmann
- Can any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn't even get out of committee. — F. Lee Bailey
- I had the good fortune to be able to right an injustice that I thought was being heaped on young people by… — Birch Bayh
- Baseball may be our national pastime, but the age-old tradition of taking a swing at Congress is a sport with even deeper… — Evan Bayh
- Memo to Congress: America's problem is not that government is too small. It's the spending, stupid! — Bob Beauprez
- Not a single time have we gotten a right from Congress or from the President. We get them from God. — Glenn Beck