Celebrate Quote by Gabrielle Giffords

The Senate and the country need Senators of courage who are prepared to make their mark on history by standing with past profiles in…

— Senator John Kerry

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

— Marco Rubio

Well, the senators I've enjoyed working with the most would be Ted Kennedy and Kent Conrad, because they were both either chairman or ranking…

— Judd Gregg

At the end of the day, one of the most politically active voters in the country, seniors, will know who stood with them and…

— Judy Chu

I have, year after year, been named the most bipartisan member of the whole United States Senate. I have proved my independence.

— Susan Collins

Ah! that Senate is a world of ice and darkness! It votes the destruction of peoples as the simplest and wisest thing; for its…

— George Sand

I am not here as my party's nominee. I am unique among the 100 senators in that regard.

— Lisa Murkowski

I remember Congressman Conyers voting against the PATRIOT Act, voting against the Iraq War when it was unpopular to. That tremendous amount of courage…

— Rashida Tlaib

Everyone believed the Senate could not really be led. It used to take so long to rise up through seniority.

— Robert Caro

That's why I call the Senate the graveyard of democracy, because even when you have 58 senators, they can block it and block it…

— Ralph Nader

Not just for the U.S. Senate but it also means for school board and city council. We need to revitalize American democracy. We need…

— Bernie Sanders

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