(2076 quotes found)
“When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer "Present" or "Not Guilty."”
Theodore Roosevelt
“About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation.”
Will Rogers
“There's a reason that they're saying Kerry is the No. 1 liberal in the Senate, it's because he is the No. 1 liberal in the Senate.”
Michael Moore
“The reason there are two senators for each state is so that one can be the designated driver.”
Jay Leno
“If you're hanging around with nothing to do and the zoo is closed, come over to the Senate. You'll get the same kind of feeling and you won't have to pay.”
Bob Dole
“Our Founding Fathers would shudder to see how easily forces outside the mainstream now seem to effortlessly push some Senate leaders toward conduct the American people don't want from their elected leaders: Abusing power. Inserting the government into our private lives. Injecting religion into debates about public policy. Jumping through hoops to ingratiate themselves to their party’s base, while step by step, day by day, real problems that keep American families up at night fall by the wayside here in Washington.”
Senator John Kerry
“Really, life is complicated enough without having a bunch of Senators deciding what we should do in the privacy of our own homes.”
Barbara Boxer
“The Senate and the country need Senators of courage who are prepared to make their mark on history by standing with past profiles in courage, and defending not party, not partisanship, but defending principle and democracy itself.”
“Though my plans at the moment are vague, I can assure you that I'll never run for the Senate in New York.”
Laura Bush
