Senators Quotes - Page 3

• Our democracy's history is littered with names we neither remember nor celebrate - people who stood in the way of progress while protecting the powerful. On Wednesday, a number of senators voted to join that list.

  Gabrielle Giffords

  Powerful, Names, Numbers

  "A Senate in the Gun Lobby's Grip". www.nytimes.com. April 18, 2013.

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• I can't remember the exact quote but when I used to trade and Mr. Volcker was Fed chairman, he said something like 'gold is my enemy, I'm always watching what gold is doing', we need to think why he made a statement like that. If you're a central banker or one of the congressmen or senators, watch what gold is doing because this is a no-confidence vote in fiscal and dollar policy.

  Rick Santelli

  Thinking, Enemy, Gold

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• Most recently, the president's reluctance to offend Senator Rick Santorum - a Catholic theocrat who believes that states should have the power to arrest gay lovers in their bedrooms, or even to criminalize couples who use contraceptives - was an occasion to wonder what, exactly, Mr. Bush was born-again into.

  Bill Keller

  Couple, Believe, Gay

  "God and George W. Bush". www.nytimes.com. May 17, 2003.

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• I was very productive as a senator for my state.

  Carol Moseley Braun

  States, Productive

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• As your US Senator, Im not in the business of creating jobs.

  Sharron Angle

  Jobs, Creating Jobs, Creating

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• Senator John Stennis:
  The civil rights movement did more to free the white man that the black man. ... It freed my soul.

  Joe Biden

  Men, White, Rights

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• I’m a United States senator. I’m not an Israeli senator.

  Chuck Hagel

  United States, Israeli, States

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• Welfare reform happened with reconciliation; half the Democrats voted for it. The Bush tax cuts happened with reconciliation; twelve Democratic Senators voted for it. You didn't have a real partisan issue on those times that it was used

  Tom Coburn

  Real, Cutting, Issues

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• I played ball for the Senators, Rangers, Indians, and Yankees in the ’70′s and ’80′s. Marvin Miller was a hero in our household during that time. The players today may not even know who he is but they have much to be grateful for to this fine man. It took me ten years to make what many players make in a couple days now. He will definitely have my vote and my wife’s as well.

  Toby Harrah

  Couple, Hero, Grateful

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• I cannot, and will not, vote for Senator John McCain, as a matter of conscience.

  James Dobson

  Matter, Vote, Mccain

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• I said that one of the causes, and the one that has created more excitement and dissatisfaction than any other, is, that the Government will not hereafter, and when it is necessary, interpose to protect slaves as property in the Territories; and I asked the Senator if he would abandon his squatter-sovereignty notions and agree to protect slaves as all other property?

  Louis Wigfall

  War, Government, Territory

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• Seriously, in 2008 we elected a community organizer, state senator, college instructor first term senator over a guy who spent five years in a Vietnamese prison. And now he's lecturing us about how America's gone "soft"? Really?

  Jonah Goldberg

  College, Years, America

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• The principles of the United States Constitution are, because of Senator Byrd, still the heartbeat of the US Senate.

  David C. Hardesty, Jr.

  Heart, Scary, Principles

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• That isn't how I've always felt. As a congressman, and more recently as a senator, I opposed marriage for same-sex couples. Then something happened that led me to think through my position in a much deeper way.

  Rob Portman

  Sex, Couple, Gay

  "Gay Marriage Wins Another Convert" by Kevin Drum, www.motherjones.com. March 15, 2013.

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• The Founders of the U.S. gave the senators a term of office three times longer than that of a representative precisely to encourage a reflective frame of mind, a distance from the passions of the voters, and a capacity for deliberative consideration.

  Al Gore

  Distance, Passion, Office

  Al Gore (2007). “The Assault on Reason”, p.263, Penguin

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• Senator Allen has long been a leader on competitiveness issues in the Senate and as governor of Virginia. His announcement of the Competitiveness Caucus comes as great news to the nation's manufacturers. We support every item on this agenda and will work with Senator Allen and others to make it a reality. The time has come for Congress to recognize the vital role manufacturing plays in American life and do what it can to strengthen our ability to compete in the global marketplace.

  John Engler

  Reality, Virginia, Play

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• I was not able to work up much enthusiasm over the ball game, and in the midst of it I was handed a note informing me of the sudden death of Senator Dwight morrow. He had proved a great pillar of strength in the senate and his death was a great loss to the country and to me. I left the ballpark with the chant of the crowd ringing in my ears, 'We Want Beer!'

  Herbert Hoover

  Country, Baseball, Loss

  Herbert Hoover, (2013). “The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover - The Great Depression, 1929-1941”, p.90, Read Books Ltd

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• No man is fit to be a Senator...unless he is willing to surrender his political life for great principle.

  Henry F. Ashurst

  Men, Political, Principles

  "Ashurst, Defeated, Reviews Service, New York Times, p. 18, September 12, 1940.

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• After the Russian army invaded the nation of Georgia, Senator Obama's reaction was one of moral indecision and equivalence, the kind of response that would only encourage Russia's Putin to invade Ukraine next.

  Sarah Palin

  Army, Russia, Ukraine

  “Palin on Ukraine: I called it” by Aaron Blake, www.washingtonpost.com. March 3, 2014.

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• I'm gonna take you to the bank, Senator Trent. To the blood bank!

  Steven Seagal

  Blood, Action Movie

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• If a senator or congressman notices 25 phone calls, on any issue, on any given day, it is noted.

  Russ Feingold

  Phones, Issues, Phone Calls

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• Senators will do what they think they need to do to represent their constituents

  John Cornyn

  Thinking, Needs, Constituents

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• Congressman Frank and Senator Dodd wanted the government to push financial institutions to lend to people they would not lend to otherwise, because of the risk of default. ... The idea that politicians can assess risks better than people who have spent their whole careers assessing risks should have been so obviously absurd that no one would take it seriously.

  Thomas Sowell

  Government, Should Have, Careers

  "Bailout Politics" by Thomas Sowell, www.realclearpolitics.com. September 30, 2008.

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• I am a Senator against my wishes and feelings, which I regret more than any other of my life.

  Andrew Jackson

  Regret, Feelings, Wish

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

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• Let the record show that you can be a United States senator for 21 years. You can be 79 years old. You can be the chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and one of the most recognizable and widely-respected veteran public servants in your nation. But if you are female while all of those things, men who you defeat in arguments will still respond to you by calling you hysterical and telling you to calm down. They'll patronize you and say they admire your passion, 'sweetie,' but they deal in facts, not your silly, girly feelings. It's inescapable. You can set your watch by it.

  Dianne Feinstein

  Girly, Silly, Passion

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