Senate Quotes

497 Senate quotes by 335 unique authors

The principles of the United States Constitution are, because of Senator Byrd, still the heartbeat of the US Senate. — Unknown Author
"Undecided," while running for re-election to state Senate in 1998, in response to an Outlines questionnaire asking, "Do you favor legalizing same-sex marriage?" — Barack Obama
Electing clean-energy leaders into the Senate, the House, and the Oval Office - and getting it done in the next few years - is the… — Eban Goodstein
Just as I went into politics because Joe died, if anything happened to me tomorrow, my brother Bobby would run for my seat in the… — John F. Kennedy
The Senate has been debased to the level of a forum of hate and character assassination sheltered by the shield of congressional immunity. — Margaret Chase Smith
The framers of the Constitution realized that . . . there needed to be some guardian of the sober second thought, and so they created… — Elihu Root
I am really proud to be a part in whatever way of women becoming active in the political scene. I think it was the first… — Anita Hill
The national media will talk about (national problems) because it's something that everyone in all 50 states can understand, but the reality is these are… — Larry Sabato
Senator Allen has long been a leader on competitiveness issues in the Senate and as governor of Virginia. His announcement of the Competitiveness Caucus comes… — John Engler
It's nonsense to say that it's not in the bill. The reality is that the bill they will have passed to the Senate will have… — David Keating
I was not able to work up much enthusiasm over the ball game, and in the midst of it I was handed a note informing… — Herbert Hoover
The House looks like more fun. It's like the Donahue show. The Senate is like one of those Sunday morning public service programs. — Phil Donahue
The bottom line is, there have been a lot of nuts elected to the United States Senate. — Chuck Grassley
The Senate is the last primitive society in the world. We still worship the elders of the tribe and honor the territorial imperative. — Eugene McCarthy
And I'd like to say to the Senate, I hope you will say yes to a stronger American democracy in the year 2000. — William J. Clinton
We need more Democrats in the Senate -Like Custer needed more arrows. — Ronald Reagan
Civilization as we know it today would be in jeopardy if the Republicans win the Senate. — Nancy Pelosi
As far as I was concerned, the Panthers were 'baaaaaad.' The Party was more than bad; it was bodacious. The sheer audacity of walking onto… — Assata Shakur
Treason is a strong word, but not too strong to characterize the situation in which the Senate is the eager, resourceful, and indefatigable agent of… — David Graham Phillips
The purpose of the Senate is to keep 100 middle aged knuckleheads out of the private sector where they can do real harm. — P.J. O'Rourke
I am proud to be in the Senate. I have always been proud to be a part of our political system. It is a remarkable… — Byron Dorgan
Lyndon Johnson, as majority leader of the United States Senate, he made the Senate work — Robert Caro
The Senate is an unknowing world — Robert Caro
Let the record show that you can be a United States senator for 21 years. You can be 79 years old. You can be the… — Dianne Feinstein
You know, my name .... comes from the word shomer, guardian, watcher. My ancestors were guardians of the ghetto wall in Chortkov. And I believe… — Charles Schumer

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