Congress Quotes - Page 13

For me to dominate the Congress in spite of these fundamental differences is almost a species of violence which I must refrain from.

Mahatma Gandhi

Differences, Fundamentals, Violence

Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Raghavan Iyer (1987). “The moral and political writings of Mahatma Gandhi: Non-violent resistance and social transformation”

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When real independence comes to India, the Congress and the League will be nowhere unless they represent the real opinion of the country.

Mahatma Gandhi

Country, Real, League

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We had so many different presidents, including Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln - there were other founders like Hamilton, Adams - who made it very clear that the courts can't make a law. The Constitution is expressly clear that that's a power reserved to Congress.

Mike Huckabee

Law, President, Different

"This Week" with George Stephanopoulos, abcnews.go.com. September 6, 2015.

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Asking an incumbent member of Congress to vote for term limits is a bit like asking a chicken to vote for Colonel Sanders.

Bob Inglis

Funny, Humor, Term Limits

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After the 1984 Summer Olympics, Reagan wanted to add the U.S. volleyball team to his Cabinet. He figured if they can't shove his programs down Congress' throat, nobody can.

Bob Hope

Funny, Summer, Volleyball

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Look. I have always rejected the argument that members of Congress cast their vote because they're Jewish or not Jewish. I didn't cast my vote as a Jewish member of Congress. I cast my vote as a member of Congress.

Steve Israel

Vote, Argument, Members

"Rep. Steve Israel Condemns Use Of Iran Nuclear Deal As A 'Cheap, Partisan Stunt'". "All Things Considered" with Robert Siegel, www.npr.org. September 11, 2015.

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A military force, at the command of Congress, can execute no laws, but such as the people perceive to be just and constitutional; for they will possess the power, and jealousy will instantly inspire the inclination, to resist the execution of a law which appears to them unjust and oppressive.

Noah Webster

Military, Law, People

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I didn't want to be president; I didn't want to be governor; I didn't want to be a congress person. I just wanted to be mayor of the city of Detroit. I lived there my entire life.

Kwame Kilpatrick

Cities, President, Want

Source: www.finalcall.com

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The Constitution, in addition to delegating certain enumerated powers to Congress, places whole areas outside the reach of Congress' regulatory authority. The First Amendment, for example, is fittingly celebrated for preventing Congress from "prohibiting the free exercise" of religion or "abridging the freedom of speech." The Second Amendment similarly appears to contain an express limitation on the government's authority.

Clarence Thomas

Exercise, Government, Freedom Of Speech

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One might plausibly contend that Congress violates the spirit, if not the letter, of the constitutional doctrine of separation of powers when it exonerates itself from the impositions of the laws it obligates people outside the legislature to obey.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Law, People, Political

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In explaining the Constitution, James Madison, the acknowledged father of the Constitution, wrote in Federalist Paper 45: 'The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the Federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peach, negotiation, and foreign commerce.' Has the Constitution been amended to permit Congress to tax, spend and regulate as it pleases or have Americans said, 'To hell with the Constitution'?

Walter E. Williams

Father, War, Government

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One third of the $15 trillion of mortgages in existence in 2008 are owned, or securitized by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Ginnie Mae, the Federal Housing and the Veterans Administration. Wall Street buyers of repackaged loans didn't mind buying risky paper because they assumed that they would be guaranteed by the federal government: read bailout from the taxpayers. Today's housing mess can be laid directly at the feet of Congress and the White House.

Walter E. Williams

Wall, White, Feet

Walter E. Williams (2015). “American Contempt for Liberty”, p.47, Hoover Institution Press

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The people can change Congress but only God can change the Supreme Court.

George W. Norris

People, Court, Supreme

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Most Americans, who think Congress has a right to do anything for which they can get a majority vote, ignore the clearly written constitutional restraints on Congress.

Walter E. Williams

Thinking, Majority Vote, Restraint

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Once Congress establishes that one person can live at the expense of another, it pays for everyone to try to do so.

Walter E. Williams

Trying, That One Person, Pay

Walter E. Williams (2013). “Liberty Versus the Tyranny of Socialism: Controversial Essays”, p.107, Hoover Press

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When Congress votes for all sorts of benefits, without voting for enough taxes to pay for them, they get the support of those who have been promised the benefits, without getting grief from the taxpayers. It's strictly win-win as far as the welfare-state politicians are concerned. But it is strictly lose-lose, big-time, for the country, as deficits skyrocket.

Thomas Sowell

Country, Grief, Winning

"Political Statistics". townhall.com. April 05, 2011.

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Too many members of Congress believe they can solve all economic problems, cure all social ills, and bring about worldwide peace and prosperity simply by creating new federal programs.

Ron Paul

Believe, Creating, Problem

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The Americans made the decision out of principle to buy Russian equipment for us because our pilots and mechanics were trained on Russian aircraft. But, then, as a result of the Ukraine crisis, the US Congress imposed sanctions on Russia and the equipment could no longer be delivered to us. I am proud of our security and defense forces.

Ashraf Ghani

Russia, Ukraine, Decision

Source: www.spiegel.de

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I never supported violence. Before the formation of TMC, I was a member of the Congress Party. Gandhi's Congress. Non-violence is a philosophy that runs deep.

Mamata Banerjee

Running, Philosophy, Party

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Could Congress really do its work if it held its sessions by teleconferencing? Could the Supreme Court? Nothing can replace the spark of intelligence that travels from person to person at meetings.

Ben Stein

Sparks, Court, Meetings

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Too much screaming in Congress. Too much screaming everywhere.

Jeffery Deaver

Too Much

Jeffery Deaver (2011). “Edge: A Novel”, p.142, Simon and Schuster

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Yes, [I am accusing the CIA of] misleading the Congress of the United States, misleading the Congress of the United States. I am.

Nancy Pelosi

United States, Accusing, Cia

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Do you remember the good ol' days when Congress was only unsafe if you were an intern.

David Letterman

Remember, Good Ol Days, Unsafe

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Assimilating college sports into the university would prevent them from being run as autonomies or fiefdoms. And you don't need an NCAA bylaw or an act of Congress to do it - just an active, empowered faculty and some administrators with backbone.

Sally Jenkins

Sports, Running, College

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Most of what Congress does fits the description of forcing one American to serve the purposes of another American. That description differs only in degree, but not in kind, from slavery.

Walter E. Williams

Degrees, Doe, Purpose

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