(2076 quotes found)
“This is a Senate of equals, of men of individual honor and personal character, and of absolute independence. We know no masters, we acknowledge no dictators. This is a hall for mutual consultation and discussion; not an arena for the exhibition of champions.”
Daniel Webster
“Yesterday Senator John Kerry changed his mind and now supports the ban on gay marriages. I'm telling you this guy has more positions than Paris Hilton.”
David Letterman
“The Senate is the last primitive society in the world. We still worship the elders of the tribe and honor the territorial imperative.”
Eugene J. McCarthy
“No, ma'am, I would not, ... is the best forum in the world. I think all the senators wish they had that for themselves.”
Oprah Winfrey
“Yesterday Jerry Springer bowed out of the Ohio Senate race. He said, 'If I can't run the most embarrassing campaign in America, then I'm out of here.'”
Craig Kilborn
“All the senators were there, and Frank Capra was in a box with his wife with the vice president and his wife, and several other senators. They, as the picture started going, became very quiet. After the picture had been going for three quarters of an hour, the film broke. Frank didn't know where the projection room was exactly, and he found himself outside the building, crawling up a ladder.”
James Stewart
“Hopefully, the Senate can muster the votes as well,”
Allan Bense
“Now the Democrats control the Senate. But the good news is that now the Republicans can admit that Strom Thurmond has been dead since 1988.”
Jay Leno
“Chief Justice Rehnquist will forever be remembered for his unique role in presidential history, first in presiding over the Senate impeachment trial of President William J. Clinton, and then in joining a 5-4 majority of the court to end the Florida recount and effectively award the 2000 election to George W. Bush,”
Anthony Romero
“Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?”
Will Rogers
