Attitude Quote by Dick Cheney

There is an important role for a United States senator as a check and balance on the president of the United States.

— Cal Cunningham

We live in a time of such great distrust in government, and I really do think that that poses a deep, deep concern and…

— Andy Kim

I've come to realize that an unencumbered U.S. senator is a profound threat to the whole system. It's somebody that they can't put in…

— Angus King

“We ought not give ourselves the benefit of the doubt if we plan on doubting everything else.”

— G.K. Chesterton

“The senator...was a smart man who had made his way in life with a single-mindedness oblivious to any of those stumbling blocks known as…

— Victor Hugo

I am disappointed that my 25 years in public life have apparently not earned me the benefit of the doubt, but I understand that…

— Roger Clemens

We have a lot of thoughtful people in the U.S. Senate.

— Marco Rubio

Until this moment, Senator, I think I never really gauged your cruelty or your recklessness....Let us not assassinate this lad further, senator. You have…

— Joseph N. Welch

I believe being a good senator requires two things. Number one, acumen. Number two, interest.

— Trey Gowdy

Senator; you've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?

— Joseph N. Welch

“As politicians we ought not so much to ground our hopes on the reasonableness of the thing we ask, as on the reasonableness of…

— Thomas Paine

There are a lot of reasons to doubt things.

— Mary Downing Hahn