Body Quote by Max Baucus

From an institution standpoint, I want the American people to understand that the Senate can function, even on the most serious things.

— Richard Burr

The Senate used to be a place of great debate and accomplishment. Now it is run like a dictatorship shutting out the voices of…

— John Cornyn

The Senate is an unknowing world

— Robert Caro

Where I know my strengths lie, for me, is establishing systems and protocols, finding solutions, and trying to push for results. The Senate is…

— Stacey Abrams

Ah! that Senate is a world of ice and darkness! It votes the destruction of peoples as the simplest and wisest thing; for its…

— George Sand

I've always been intrigued by the Senate, and admired many of the people who have served there.

— Hillary Clinton

The Senate is indeed a deliberative body, and that quality serves the nation well. A slow-moving government helps us maintain a stable government. But…

— John C. Danforth

Easy money, sudden fortunes, increasingly powerful political machines and blatant corruption transformed much of the nation; and the Senate, as befits a democratic legislative…

— John F. Kennedy

I love being in the United States Senate.

— John Kennedy

The Senate is allowed to work the way it was designed to - meaning a place where nothing is decided without a good dose…

— Mitch McConnell

The Senate is the last primitive society in the world. We still worship the elders of the tribe and honor the territorial imperative.

— Eugene McCarthy

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…

— Hubert H. Humphrey