Senators Quotes - Page 12

• I had met [Donald] Trump once before, when he testified before a committee that Tom Coburn - Senator Coburn - and I hosted, to deal with excessive expenditures to refurbish the UN building in New York.

  Jeff Sessions

  New York, Building, Trump

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• The 21st Amendment gives the states the right to decide what the drinking ages should be and other aspects relative to alcoholic beverages, and I support that. As a United States senator, I want to weigh in - this is not my agenda.

  Pete Coors

  Drinking, Giving, Support

  Meet the Press Debate, www.nbcnews.com. October 10, 2004.

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• I have read various articles on the fourth dimension, the relativity theory of Einstein, and other psychological speculation on the constitution of the universe; and after reading them I feel as Senator Brandegee felt after a celebrated dinner in Washington. "I feel," he said, "as if I had been wandering with Alice in Wonderland and had tea with the Mad Hatter."

  Charles Lane Poor

  Reading, Science, Mad

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• Senator, when you took your oath of office, you placed your hand on the Bible and swore to uphold the Constitution. You did not place your hand on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible.

  Jamie Raskin

  Gay, Oath Of Office, Hands

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• Senator, we are groping for understanding, the knowledge you assume I possess doesn't exist' - 'The only effective regulation lies in the propensity of customers to choose alternatives, of investors to move their funds elsewhere and of labour to acquire technical skills' - 'Senator, if I seem clear to you, you must have misunderstood me' - 'Unfortunately, Senator, nobody knows where the next innovative idea is coming from. Political decisions are never random and will always lose out to innovative alternatives

  Alan Greenspan

  Lying, Moving, Ignorance

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• Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators.

  Will Rogers

  Inspiration, Political Will, Drunk

  Daily Telegram number 2678 on March 06, 1935. "Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams: The Roosevelt years, 1933-1935". Book edited by Steven Gragert and James Smallwood, 2008.

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• The Senate voted 97-0 for an anti-spam bill to stop those annoying things you get on your computer. The senators made it very clear that when you start misleading the American people and start taking their money over false promises, that's our turf, buddy!

  Jay Leno

  People, Political, Promise

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• Voting against the resolution authorizing the use of military force in Iraq was one of my proudest moments as a senator. It is long past time to close this tragic chapter in American history.

  Barbara Boxer

  Military, Past, Iraq

  FaceBook post by Senator Barbara Boxer from May 22, 2014

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• Senator. You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?

  Joseph N. Welch

  War, Long, Done

  "No Sense Of Decency: The Army-McCarthy Hearings" by Robert Shogan, (p. xiii), 2009.

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• I have never seen more Senators express discontent with their jobs....I think the major cause is that, deep down in our hearts, we have been accomplices in doing something terrible and unforgivable to our wonderful country. Deep down in our heart, we know that we have given our children a legacy of bankruptcy. We have defrauded our country to get ourselves elected.

  John C. Danforth

  Country, Money, Jobs

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• We need a leader who can lower taxes, protect small businesses, and increase job creation nationwide. I have no doubt that John McCain appreciates the important role Hispanics play not only in the economy, but in our nation's culture as well -- he has a track record with Hispanics for more than 20 years as a senator from Arizona. The American people need a strong leader who has the experience and the judgment to be the next President of the United States, and that man is John McCain.

  Katie Barberi

  Strong, Jobs, Men

  "McCain Counters Powell Endorsement With Soap Opera Actress" by Nico Pitney, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 19, 2008.

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• American Hustle shows the FBI making real-life bribes to Washington politicians. I know, because as your U.S. senator, I turned them down.

  Larry Pressler

  Real, Hustle, Politician

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• What can happen in 30 years? A senator can become a multi-millionaire in public office.

  Alison Lundergan Grimes

  Years, Office, Millionaire

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• The petition of persons under eighteen, praying that I would free all slave children, and the heading of which petition it appears you wrote, was handed me a few days since by Senator Sumner. Please tell these little people I am very glad their young hearts are so full of just and generous sympathy, and that, while I have not the power to grant all they ask, I trust they will remember that God has, and that, as it seems, He wills to do it.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Religious, Children, Heart

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.287, Wildside Press LLC

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• I was taught to read by my grandmother. Central to her method was a tale of unnatural love called 'The Duck and the Kangaroo'. Then, because my grandfather, Senator Gore, was blind, I was required early on to read grown-up books to him, mostly constitutional law and, of course, the Congressional Record. The later continence of my style is a miracle, considering those years of piping the additional remarks of Mr. Borah of Idaho.

  Gore Vidal

  Children, Book, Grandmother

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• A senator will come off Capitol Hill and they'll be barred from two years from lobbying in the Senate. So they'll pick the phone up and they'll call their buddy, the senator, their old buddies, and they'll say, 'Listen, I'm here at this law firm now. I can't lobby you, but my new partner, Jack, can lobby you.'

  Jack Abramoff

  Phones, Years, Law

  "Tavis Smiley", www.pbs.org. April 4, 2012.

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• [Senator]Torricelli [D-NJ] will leave public office with just the clothes on his back, a Rolex watch and other assorted jewelry, a TV set, a couple of racks of Italian suits, some Jets tickets, a grandfather clock and three paper sacks filled with small, unmarked bills.

  Ann Coulter

  Couple, Italian, Clothes

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• [Senator] Kerry [democrat MA] is emerging as the worst of all the viable Democratic candidates. He has the backbone of Clinton and the charm of Gore.

  Andrew Sullivan

  Politics, Clinton, Charm

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• I had supported Governor George W. Bush over Senator John McCain in the 2000 Rhode Island presidential primary.

  Lincoln Chafee

  Rhode Island, Islands, Presidential

  Lincoln Chafee (2010). “Against the Tide: How a Compliant Congress Empowered a Reckless President”, p.9, Macmillan

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• I believe that the American administration of Iraq has been arrogant, has pursued policies that are illegal in international law and has been ignorant and incompetent. I said this very forthrightly to the senators.

  Juan Cole

  Believe, Law, Iraq

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• Justices are not politicians. They don't run on a political platform, and senators should not ask them to do so.

  John Cornyn

  Running, Justice, Political

  "Senators Criticize NARAL Ad on Roberts". www.foxnews.com. August 11, 2005.

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• If you look at where presidents come from, they're former governors or senators.

  Eleanor Clift

  President, Looks, Former

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• Fellow senators balked at punishing Senator Alfonse D'Amato of New York though he was caught in a series of transactions that earned him the label "Senator Sleaze." D'Amato explained their reluctance as he defended his own behavior. "There but for the grace of God go most of my colleagues," he said.

  William Greider

  New York, Punishment, Grace

  William Greider (2010). “Who Will Tell The People: The Betrayal Of American Democracy”, p.27, Simon and Schuster

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• I think I can speak for every Senator, saying that he or she ran for the Senate because we want to help make this a better place; that is, we want to help our States and help America.

  Max Baucus

  Thinking, America, Want

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• Let's cause some senators distress.

  Peggy Noonan

  Causes, Distress

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