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• If the author of the Declaration of Independence were to utter such a sentiment today, the Post Office Department could exclude him from the mail, grand juries could indict him for sedition and criminal syndicalism, legislative committees could seize his private papers and United States Senators would be clamoring for his deportation that he should be sent back to live with the rest of the terrorists.

  Frank I. Cobb

  Office, Independence, Patriotism

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• I'll challenge senators and kings for the right to know the truth, but far be it from me to challenge a woman in her own kitchen.

  Mira Grant

  Kings, Challenges, Kitchen

  Mira Grant (2010). “Feed: The Newsflesh Trilogy:”, p.57, Hachette UK

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• Senator John Kyle claiming that over 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does is abortion. Stephen Colbert: Over 90 percent, that is unbelievable...in that it is not true. Only 3 percent of what Planned Parenthood does is abortion. Kyle just rounded it up to the nearest 90.

  Stephen Colbert

  Abortion, Doe, Parenthood

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• A brilliant author or businesswoman or senator or software engineer is brilliant only in tiny bursts. The rest of the time, they’re doing work that most any trained person could do.

  Seth Godin

  Tiny, Brilliant, Software

  Seth Godin (2010). “Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?”, p.51, Penguin

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• Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and Senators and Congressmen and Government officials but the voters of this country.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Country, Witty, Patriotic

  Franklin D. Roosevelt's Address at Marietta, Ohio, July 8, 1938.

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• When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Presidential, Guilt, Answers

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

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• To my great disappointment, it appears that the politics of division are making a big comeback. Many Americans share my disappointment - especially those who were filled with great hope a few years ago, when then-Senator Obama announced his candidacy in Springfield, Illinois.

  Paul Ryan

  Disappointment, Illinois, Years

  "Saving the American Idea: Rejecting Fear, Envy, and the Politics of Division". Speech at The Heritage Foundation, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI), www.heritage.org. November 15, 2011.

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• The senator had only one argument in his favour: his feeling. When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object. In the realm of kitsch, the dictatorship of the heart reigns supreme.

  Milan Kundera

  Heart, Feelings, Mind

  "Light but sound" by John Banville, www.theguardian.com. April 30, 2004.

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• Dozens of members of Congress will be retiring next month, and some should be missed. But there is only one Tom Coburn, the Oklahoma senator the Christian Science Monitor has dubbed 'a rabble-rousing statesman.'

  John Fund

  Christian, Oklahoma, Dozen

  "Coburn, a True Statesman, Steps Down" by John Fund, www.realclearpolitics.com. December 29, 2014.

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• Cannibals are devouring senators.

  Arlen Specter

  Devouring, Cannibal

  "Face to Face" with Bill Plante, www.cbsnews.com. March 21, 2012.

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• I must say I am not pleased to have to arrange the Senate schedule around the availability of Senators who are running for President.

  Arlen Specter

  Running, Availability, Romance

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• A majority of senators should be able to adopt rules at the beginning of each Congress.

  Tom Udall

  Majority, Able, Should

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• What do we have for veterans? Government-run health care. I understand that. Congressmen and senators... they get five choices of government-run health care. Why should a congressman and senator get anything more than a regular citizen does? Why are they privileged and the rest of us aren't?

  Jesse Ventura

  Running, Government, Choices

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• It doesn t require any particular bravery to stand on the floor of the Senate and urge our boys in Vietnam to fight harder and if this war mushrooms into a major conflict and a hundred thousand young Americans are killed it won t be U.S. Senators who die. It will be American soldiers who are too young to qualify for the Senate.

  George McGovern

  Military, War, Fighting

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• Senator, it has been reported that you have had illegal congress with your mother.

  Lou Reed

  Mother, Politics, Illegal

  Lou Reed (2008). “Pass Thru Fire: The Collected Lyrics”, p.392, Da Capo Press

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• No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else.

  Henry Adams

  Strong, Reality, Men

  Henry Adams (2015). “The Education of Henry Adams”, p.101, Booklassic

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• What will the U.S. senators have to say if there is, as many over here and in the rest of the world suspect, no substance to the allegations against my father and me?

  Kojo Annan

  Father, Substance, World

  "Annan's son: Probe 'a witchhunt'" by Jeff Koinange, Phil Hirschkorn, www.cnn.com. December 13, 2004.

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• My opponent Senator Menendez and his colleagues are pursuing what I consider a Jon Corzine economic policy. Higher taxes, more spending, more debt.

  Joe Kyrillos

  Debt, Opponents, Economic

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• It is with tremendous excitement and pride that EMILY's List endorses Senator Hillary Clinton for president.

  Ellen Malcolm

  Pride, President, Lists

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• On the national stage and in the neighborhoods of New York, Senator Hillary Clinton has repeatedly put her expertise and power behind solutions that make the lives of the American people safer and more prosperous.

  Ellen Malcolm

  New York, People, Clinton

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• Senate races are different from House races, in the sense that they are more candidate-driven. The higher the office - that is, I mean, governor, senator, president - the more important the candidate.

  Judy Woodruff

  Mean, Race, Office

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• Many senators have developed a canny sense of what will play best for the audience.

  Jessica Savitch

  Play, Literature, Audience

  Jessica Savitch (1983). “Anchorwoman”, Berkley

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• It's a matter of fact that Senator Obama has spent more money on negative ads than any political campaign in history.

  John McCain

  Political, Negative, Campaigns

  John McCain at The Third Presidential Candidates Debate at Hofstra University at Hempstead, New York, www.nytimes.com. October 15, 2008.

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• The appointment of senators by the state legislatures . . . is recommended by the double advantage of favoring a select appointment, and of giving to the state governments such an agency in the formation of the federal government, as must secure the authority of the former.

  James Madison

  Government, Agency, Giving

  James Madison, Ralph Ketcham “Selected Writings of James Madison”, Hackett Publishing

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• I am who I am. In politics when you treat people well and they know you're honest, straight and sincere, I think it's an advantage. Just because somebody comes from a hard-boiled political culture doesn't make him a good U.S. senator.

  Joe Kyrillos

  Thinking, Who I Am, People

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