Cold Quote by Joseph N. Welch

If I desired to kill the senator why did I not do it? You all admit that I had him in my power.

— Preston Brooks

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

I've come to realize that an unencumbered U.S. senator is a profound threat to the whole system. It's somebody that they can't put in…

— Angus King

Too often character assassination has replaced debate in principle here in Washington. Destroy someone's reputation, and you don't have to talk about what he…

— Ronald Reagan

“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

If there were an ounce of courage in this body I would be joined by other senators… saying they will not tolerate this.

— Rand Paul

“Do it, SENATOR! And it will be the end of your career! Everyone will love to know of a scandal involving a senator who…

— Pet TorreS

I have never left another senator out to dry. Never.

— Joe Biden

The Senator from Massachusetts has given us ample grounds to doubt the judgment and the attitude he brings to bear on vital issues of…

— Dick Cheney

The Senate has been debased to the level of a forum of hate and character assassination sheltered by the shield of congressional immunity.

— Margaret Chase Smith

I may have grown cynical from long service, but this is a tendency I do not like, and I sometimes think I'd rather be…

— John Sharp Williams