Able Quote by George Mason

I served two years in a federal penetentiary when I was 19.

— Johnny Paycheck

I didn't leave the Congress; I was expelled.

— Sharad Pawar

The application requisite to the duties of the office I hold [governor of Virginia] is so excessive, and the execution of them after all…

— Thomas Jefferson

I continued to serve in Congress until 2001.

— David Minge

I retired from public Business from a thorough Conviction that it was not in my Power to do any Good, and very much disgusted…

— George Mason

I also served on many government committees.

— Leo Baekeland

I was on the state board of directors of the American Civil Liberties Union.

— Betty Hill

I served as - 12 years as a federal prosecutor.

— Alejandro Mayorkas

In my eight years as governor, I did everything I could to resist federal control of issues that belong to the states.

— Sonny Perdue

I was on the elections committee in my last session in the state House of Representatives.

— Marc Veasey

I survived only a year in Berkeley, partly because I declined to sign the anticommunist loyalty oath.

— Jack Steinberger

I was a chairwoman of my state Democratic party.

— Deb Haaland