Congress Quote by Ezra G. Levin

It is not book learning young men need, nor instruction about this and that, but a stiffening of the vertebra which will cause them…

— Elbert Hubbard

Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.

— E. M. Forster

Orthodoxy is a relaxation of the mind accompanied by a stiffening of the heart.

— Edward Abbey

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

You have to be local. You have to focus on your local members of Congress.

— Ezra G. Levin

I request that they may be considered in confidence, until the members of Congress are fully possessed of their contents, and shall have had…

— John Adams

If there's a distinct group of Americans who harbor open contempt for constitutional principles and rule of law, it's lawyers, judges and members of…

— Walter E. Williams

I haven't met a single person, Republican or Democrat, who thinks it's just fine for members of Congress to sit on the boards of…

— Tom Malinowski

Congress is the third branch of government... which makes every one of the 535 members of Congress 1/535th of that important one-third, which works…

— Wesley Pruden

If a trip is worth taking, members of Congress should be prepared to justify paying for it out of their office accounts.

— Russ Feingold

What is required from members of Congress and the public alike is a new spirit of devotion to the national welfare beyond party or…

— Evan Bayh

WASHINGTON - Ever since President Obama ordered American warplanes to begin bombing terrorist targets in Iraq and Syria last year, members of Congress have…

— Peter Baker

We have some of the most influential Members of Congress here today, and I do hope that we can get this appropriation for these…

— John F. Kennedy

I firmly believe that if members of Congress fail to perform their most basic duty in passing a budget, then they do not deserve…

— Kurt Schrader

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