Congress Quote by George Will Download Open image “Being elected to Congress is regarded as being sent on a looting raid for one's friends.” — George Will ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Congress
The theory is that election to Congress is tantamount to being dispatched to Washington on a looting raid for the enrichment of your state… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I believe Congress has a duty to do so as well; not simply as a body of legislators, but more importantly as a community… — Jim Walsh Copy Share Image
What type of politics is the Congress practising, wherein its leaders commit the sin of looting money meant for the welfare of pregnant women… — Smriti Irani Copy Share Image
As a member of Congress, you must pay the utmost attention to those who sent you there - to those you represent. But you… — Colin Allred Copy Share Image
Politicians are just a bunch of local bandits, sent by their local voters to raid the public treasury. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Serving in the U.S. Congress is about much more than voting on bills. It is about taking on the corporate bullies that taint our… — Rashida Tlaib Copy Share Image
The chairs [in Congress] are part of the "Gang of Eight." They get briefed on every covert-action program and everything like that. They know… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Members of Congress have more in common with the people they hobnob in Washington, D.C., than they do with the people they're supposed to… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
It's our duty in Congress to bring the voices of our communities to Washington. — Lucy McBath Copy Share Image
The average American expends more time becoming informed about choosing a car than choosing a candidate. But, then, the consequences of the former choice… — George Will Copy Share Image
A politician's words reveal less about what he thinks about his subject than what he thinks about his audience. — George Will Copy Share Image
As has been said, standards are always out of date - that is why we call them standards. — George Will Copy Share Image
Hart is still like that little tub of vaguely milklike gunk that comes with airline coffee. It is labeled a "nondairy" product. Fine: we… — George Will Copy Share Image
The realistic way to reduce the amount of money in politics is to reduce the amount of politics in money -- the importance of… — George Will Copy Share Image
It is important that Miers not be confirmed unless, in her 61st year, she suddenly and unexpectedly is found to have hitherto undisclosed interests… — George Will Copy Share Image
Greek philosophers considered sport a religious and civic-in a word, moral-undertaking. Sport, they said, is morally serious because mankind's noblest aim is the loving… — George Will Copy Share Image
The cultivation - even celebration - of victimhood by intellectuals, tort lawyers, politicians and the media is both cause and effect of today's culture… — George Will Copy Share Image
Just as the common law derives from ancient precedents - judges' decisions - rather than statutes, baseball's codes are the game's distilled mores. Their… — George Will Copy Share Image
“Football combines two of the worst things in American life. It is violence punctuated by committee meetings.” — George Will 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
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
We need less travelling by jet plaes from congress to congress... but more kneeling and praying and pleading to God to have mercy on… — Martyn Lloyd-Jones Copy Share Image
Well I think that what we're seeing now is that the people feel like they, the people in Congress don't have their consent to… — Laura Ingraham Copy Share Image