Congressman Quotes

• The idea that a congressman would be tainted by accepting money from private industry or private sources is essentially a socialist argument.

  Newt Gingrich

  Ideas, Political, Politics

  "Master of DISASTER". David Beers, Mother Jones Magazine, Volume 14, No. 8, October 1989.

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• It is more profitable for your congressman to support the tobacco industry than your life.

  Jackie Mason

  Death, Suicide, Support

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

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• My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize.

  Hank Johnson

  Stupid, Islands, Guam

  "Hank Johnson Worries Guam Could "Capsize" After Marine Buildup". www.cbsnews.com. April 1, 2010.

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• Now, they're saying I groped a male staffer. Yes, I did. Not only did I grope him, I tickled him until he couldn't breathe and four guys jumped on top of me. It was my 50th birthday.

  Eric Massa

  Guy, Dumb, 50th Birthday

  "Exclusive: Eric Massa on 'Glenn Beck'". "Glenn Beck Program", www.foxnews.com. March 9, 2010.

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• I'm blacker than Barack Obama. I shined shoes. I grew up in a five-room apartment. My father had a little laundromat in a black community not far from where we lived. I saw it all growing up.

  Rod Blagojevich

  Growing Up, Father, Shoes

  “The Notorious Blago” by Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. January 11, 2010.

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• Every Congressman, every Senator knows precisely what causes inflation... but can't, [won't] support the drastic reforms to stop it [repeal of the Federal Reserve Act] because it could cost him his job.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Jobs, Support, Causes

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• Nobody ever says to men, how can you be a Congressman and a father.

  Patricia Schroeder

  Father, Men

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• I met a congressman who claimed that he could introduce me to two people who saw Amelia Earhart.

  Big Jim Sullivan

  Two, People, Saws

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• I've had a tough time learning how to act like a Congressman. Today I accidentally spent some of my own money.

  Joseph P. Kennedy III

  Tough Times, Today, My Own

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• One congressman asked 'I just want to know if you've accepted Jesus Christ as your personal savior. The minister looked stunned, and he said 'no.' The whole table almost fell on the floor. The congressman was quite serious. That was his litmus test.

  Jim Sasser

  Jesus, Tables, Want

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• I would rather be known as 'Jim Kolbe, the trade expert in Congress who happens to be gay,' rather than 'Jim Kolbe, gay congressman from Arizona.'

  Jim Kolbe

  Gay, Experts, Arizona

  "Delegates consider boycott of Kolbe speech" by Jeff Barker, www.cnn.com. August 1, 2000.

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• The Congressman ascertained that the consulate in Havana had numbers to feed the pigs.

  Erich Leinsdorf

  Pigs, Numbers, Havana

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• I was introduced to Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson. The young Congressman was very friendly.

  Erich Leinsdorf

  Friendly, Lyndon B Johnson, Young

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• You know that I am living proof that the American Dream is real. Growing up, our congressman cut through government bureaucratic red tape to help my mom buy our first house. That's the kind of congressman I'll be.

  Geoff Davis

  Mom, Dream, Growing Up

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• If I can go from burglar for the government to talk show host, you can go from entertainer to congressman.

  G. Gordon Liddy

  Government, Host, Shows

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• You can't use tact with a Congressman! A Congressman is a hog! You must take a stick and hit him on the snout!

  Henry Adams

  Political, Use, Politics

  Benjamin Franklin, Ulysses S Grant, Andrew Carnegie, Henry Adams (2016). “Great American Lives: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant, Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie, and The Education of Henry Adams”, p.1494, Open Road Media

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• Fleas can be taught nearly anything a congressman can.

  Mark Twain

  Politics, Fleas, Taught

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• In addition, there is one title I cherish a great deal more than Congressman and that is the title of... Dad.

  J. C. Watts

  Dad, Father, Titles

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• The government is unresponsive to the needs of the little man. Under 5' 7", it is impossible to get your congressman on the phone.

  Woody Allen

  Funny, Humor, Men

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• I don't know what's wrong with my television set. I was getting C-Span and the Home Shopping Network on the same station. I actually bought a congressman.

  Bruce Baum

  Funny, Home, Shopping

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• The lightning there is peculiar; it is so convincing, that when it strikes a thing it doesn't leave enough of that thing behind for you to tell whether-Well, you'd think it was something valuable, and a Congressman had been there.

  Mark Twain

  Thinking, Lightning, Peculiar

  Mark Twain (2017). “Mark Twain’s Comedy Classics: 190+ Stories & Sketches (Illustrated Edition): The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain: A Double Barrelled Detective Story, Those Extraordinary Twins, The Stolen White Elephant, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, Sketches New and Old, Mark Twain’s Library of Humor…”, p.1304, e-artnow

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• That’s the reason, as your congressman, I hold the holy Bible as being the major directions to me of how I vote in Washington, D.C., and I’ll continue to do that.

  Paul Broun

  Vote, Reason, Holy

  "Republican Congressman says evolution is 'lie from hell'" by Guy Adams, www.independent.co.uk. October 8, 2012.

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• In my wildest imagination, I never thought that the fifth of six children born to Helen and Buddy Watts - in a poor black neighborhood, in the poor rural community of Eufaula, Oklahoma - would someday be called Congressman.

  J. C. Watts

  Children, Oklahoma, Imagination

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• When I was a congressman, I had occasion to talk to this group of students who were taking their seat. There were about 80 of them and I asked them, 'How many of you will be serving in the country once you graduate?' And, out of the 80, there were two that raised their hands. The rest were thinking of leaving.

  Benigno Aquino III

  Country, Thinking, Hands

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  If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.

  Jesse Jackson

  Motivational, Moving On, Success

  "Q&A: The Rev Jesse Jackson". Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. April 13, 2012.

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