Last time Quote by Jeffery Deaver

“The senator...was a smart man who had made his way in life with a single-mindedness oblivious to any of those stumbling blocks known as…

— Victor Hugo

“The Senator was vulgar, almost illiterate, a public liar easily detected, and in his "ideas" almost idiotic, while his celebrated piety was that of…

— Sinclair Lewis

“Mike Mansfield had a saying: “It only takes one senator to make a scene. But it takes more than one to make a difference.”…

— Al Franken

“Once, while I was in college, a guy nearly triggered an aneurism over the phone, overwhelmed with his anger at being bothered by ours…

— Andrew Heaton

“The theory was simple: If a man had enough sense to accumulate a bunch of cash, then he would certainly make a worthy U.S…

— John Grisham

“I wonder how many people in the Washington metropolitan area know just how terrific Senator MacGregor looks in his underwear." "A select few." "You…

— Nora Roberts

“He's always had more than his fair share of what we call cheek and what Americans call can-do spirit.”

— Mary Ann Shaffer

“politicians often had the knack of seeming to know everyone intimately. Either they had remarkable memories, or their secretaries reminded them efficiently.”

— Ken Follett

“Boswell spent much of the evening lamenting his country’s dreadful politics. Isherwood listened attentively. Inwardly, however, he wondered why it was that enlightened Americans…

— Daniel Silva

Senator; you've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?

— Joseph N. Welch

“It was also interesting to see that political interaction in Europe is not that different from the United States Senate. There's a lot of…

— Barack Obama

“Personal hatreds and rivalry loomed larger in most senator's minds than the good of the Republic. [A big problem then and now]”

— Adrian Goldsworthy