Congress Quote by Edward Brooke Download Open image “The member of Congress who forgets his constituents' needs usually serves only one term.” — Edward Brooke ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Congress Constituents Forget Members Needs Term
I support efforts to limit the terms of members of Congress, especially members of the House and members of the Senate. — Dan Quayle Copy Share Image
A single member of Congress can't pass sweeping legislation, but we can be an advocate for making important changes, especially on issues in which… — Colin Allred Copy Share Image
A president must serve only the common cause of the people of the United States. — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
Members of Congress care about reelection most of all. And that means they care about their constituents. So you have to be a constituent… — Ezra G. Levin Copy Share Image
A politician would do well to remember that he has to live with his conscience longer than he does with his constituents. — Melvin Laird Copy Share Image
One thing members of Congress need to realize is how much their reliance on staffers is hurting the institution and helping make it unaccountable. — John Fund Copy Share Image
It is our duty as representatives in Congress to do the most for everyone we represent, beginning with those who have the least. — Cori Bush Copy Share Image
Few things infuse a member of Congress with more courage than self-imposed term limits or an imminent retirement. The issues they choose to focus… — Tom Coburn Copy Share Image
I spent many years working for voting rights, but we still see sophisticated efforts, led by white officials, to disenfranchise black voters in local… — Edward Brooke Copy Share Image
Election victories are a harvest. You plant the seed. For months or years, you water and tend them. In the election season, you reap… — Edward Brooke Copy Share Image
Politics is not a tea party. When it is time to act, you have to move fast and decisively. — Edward Brooke Copy Share Image
I deplored a system that made it more profitable not to work than to work. I wanted to help change all that. — Edward Brooke Copy Share Image
When people treat corruption as a routine part of the process, you have something far worse than wrongdoing or moral failing. You have a… — Edward Brooke Copy Share Image
My parents taught me that racial prejudice is a sin, one that robs the world of great minds and talents. — Edward Brooke Copy Share Image
In elective politics, it's up or out. You go up the ladder, or you get out of the game. — Edward Brooke Copy Share Image
You can't say the negro left the Republican party; the negro feels he was evicted from the Republican party. — Edward Brooke Copy Share Image
My entire life has been devoted to breaking down barriers, to finding common ground. — Edward Brooke Copy Share Image
America is the only country in the world that classifies as Negro any person who has one drop of African blood in his or… — Edward Brooke Copy Share Image
Well, my wife, Cathy Gillespie, worked for Joe Barton, who was running for Congress in 1984. — Ed Gillespie Copy Share Image
We will make sure our troops have all that is necessary to complete their missions. That's why I went to the Congress last September… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I can't imagine that I would be asked that by the president-elect [Donald Trump], or then-president [Barack Obama]. But it's - I'm very clear.… — James Mattis Copy Share Image
So our focus has to be on the things that we can control, which is to take the necessary measures working with Congress to… — Jay Carney Copy Share Image
It's disgraceful that year after year, Congress has bowed to the tobacco lobby and refused to act. — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
The Constitution is very clear on the - on the declaration of war or reacting to international crimes - crimes against nations. It is… — Joe Pitts Copy Share Image
Can you understand why the Congress, most states and most cities refuse to pass legislation requiring the registration and licensing of any and all… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
“ Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or… — United States Congress Copy Share Image
As the longest serving Independent in the history of the United States Congress, as somebody who came into office by defeating an incumbent Democratic… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
As the first Member of Congress from western Washington to serve on the House Agriculture Committee in over 50 years, I am proud to… — Rick Larsen Copy Share Image
About one-half of the members of Congress are seekers for office at the nomination of the President. Of the remainder, at least one-half have… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
My younger self could not imagine standing on the floor of Congress as a member of Congress voting on legislation that, if enacted, would… — Ritchie Torres Copy Share Image