Senators Quotes

• May we help more than we hurt, may we seek to understand more than be understood and may we love more than we judge.

  Cory Booker

  Love, Inspirational, Hurt

  FaceBook post by Cory Booker from Jan 12, 2016

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• Come senators, congressmen, Please heed the call, Don't stand in the doorway, Don't block up the hall, For he that gets hurt, Will be he who has stalled, The battle outside ragin', Will soon shake your windows and rattle your walls, For the times they are a-changin'...

  Bob Dylan

  Hurt, Wall, Block

  "Song: The Times They Are a-Changin'". March 8, 1965.

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• You cannot tell a poor boy from a small country town on the plains of South Dakota who has had the opportunity to be a teacher, a mayor, a senator, and a vice president, that America is not a nation of promise.

  Hubert H. Humphrey

  Wisdom, Country, Teacher

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• Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.

  Robert Kennedy

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Robert F. Kennedy (1998). “Make Gentle the Life of the World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy”, Harcourt

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• I want you to take a good, hard look at me, America, because this is exactly what you’ve got coming.

  Ted Cruz

  America, Looks, Want

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  If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.

  John Quincy Adams

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.

  George McGovern

  Dream, Peace, Military

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I am a conservative Republican, but I believe in democracy and the separation of church and state. The conservative movement is founded on the simple tenet that people have the right to live life as they please as long as they don't hurt anyone else in the process.

  Barry Goldwater

  Inspirational, Life, Hurt

  Barry Morris Goldwater, C. C. Goldwater (2007). “The Conscience of a Conservative”, p.129, Princeton University Press

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• The essence of intercultural education is the acquisition of empathy-the ability to see the world as others see it, and to allow for the possibility that others may see something we have failed to see, or may see it more accurately. The simple purpose of the exchange program...is to erode the culturally rooted mistrust that sets nations against one another. The exchange program is not a panacea but an avenue of hope.

  J. William Fulbright

  Sympathy, Education, Hope

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  Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.

  Barry Goldwater

  Memorial Day, Freedom, Gay

  Speech accepting nomination for president at Republican National Convention, San Francisco, Cal., 16 July 1964

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• The senator got so tired on the campaign trail that he started kissing hands and shaking babies.

  David Letterman

  Baby, Tired, Kissing

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• As I hurtled through space, one thought kept crossing my mind - every part of this rocket was supplied by the lowest bidder.

  John Glenn

  Inspirational, Funny, Humorous

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• Men must be aggressive for what is right if government is to be saved from men who are aggressive for what is wrong.

  Robert M. La Follette, Sr.

  Men, Evil, Politician

  "The Perils of Passive Citizenship". Robert M. La Follette, Sr.'s speech in Washington, D.C., August 11, 1924.

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• I shall never fight in the armed forces with a Negro by my side... Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds.

  Robert Byrd

  Patriotic, Fighting, Race

  "An Unlikely Friendship: President Obama and Senator Byrd" by Eve Zibel, www.foxnews.com. June 28, 2010.

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• We have federal regulations and state laws that prohibit hunting ducks with more than three rounds. And yet it's legal to hunt humans with 15-round, 30-round, even 150-round magazines.

  Dianne Feinstein

  Funny, Humorous, Gun

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• He has made us the master organizers of the world . . . to overwhelm the forces of reaction throught the earth . . . . This is the divine mission of America . . . . We are trustees of the world's progress, guardians of its righteous peace. [Progressive]

  Albert J. Beveridge

  Inspirational, God, Usa

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• Come Senators, Congressman, please heed the call, don't stand in the doorway, don't block the hall.

  Bob Dylan

  Block, Doorways, Politics

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• No doubt that he will make an excellent senator.

  Jeri Ryan

  Doubt, Excellent, No Doubt

  "Ryan file a bombshell". www.chicagotribune.com. June 22, 2004.

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• I can honestly say that being a United States senator has been the honor of my life.

  John Ensign

  Honor, United States, Honestly

  "John Ensign Announces Resignatio" by Michael McAuliff, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 21, 2011.

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• People tell me that Senator Edwards got picked for his good looks, his sex appeal, and his great hair. I say to them: How do you think I got the job?

  Dick Cheney

  Witty, Jobs, Sex

  2004 Republican National Convention Address, delivered 1 September 2004, Madison Square Garden, New York

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• People ask me, "What are you going to do to develop jobs in your state?" Well, that's not my job as a US senator...

  Sharron Angle

  Jobs, People, Republican

  YouTube Chanel "Harry Reid"/ "Angle: Unemployed are 'Spoiled'; It's not my job to fight for Nevadans' jobs", www.youtube.com. June 18, 2010.

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• If Senator Obama becomes pro-life then I'll consider giving him my vote.

  Alveda King

  Giving, Pro Life, Vote

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• Could you say 'senator' instead of 'ma'am? It's just a thing. I worked so hard to get that title. I'd appreciate it

  Barbara Boxer

  Appreciate, Titles, Hard

  "Sen. Boxer's GOP Challengers Aren't Pulling Punches". "Morning Edition" with David Greene, www.npr.org. May 25, 2010.

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• Congress voted for tougher laws on corporations. So now when a corporation buys a senator, they need a receipt.

  Jay Leno

  Law, Political, Needs

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• 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

  Would Be, Body, Tolerate

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