Politics Quote by Jonathan Swift

“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

“A good citizen must follow the movement of public affairs, so as to cast his vote intelligently, and know whether the party in power…

— George Santayana

“Then, too, the senate has a rule that no point is discussed on the same day it is brought up, but rather it is…

— Thomas More

You don't say that for a senator to be a great senator he has to vote against his constituency.

— Michael Beschloss

“[The Senate] ought to be so constituted as to protect the minority of the opulent against the majority.”

— James Madison

“My predecessor in the Senate, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, used to say, “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.”

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

The senator had only one argument in his favour: his feeling. When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object. In the…

— Milan Kundera

“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

“It takes a lot of commitment to sit on a committee. Only the most courageous could boldly command all that power, yet remain detached…

— Jarod Kintz

“[T]he vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

“The purpose of your vote is't to elect someone, but rather to express your opinion.”

— Peter Allison

“The senate is a place filled with goodwill and good intentions, and if the road to hell is paved with them, then it's a…

— Joe Biden