Senators Quotes - Page 6

• That's what I like about you, senator, you're kicking it old-school.

  Russ Feingold

  School, Kicking It, Old School

  Russ Feingold (2012). “While America Sleeps: A Wake-up Call for the Post-9/11 Era”, p.175, Broadway Books

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• There are some who might say that somebody named Barack Obama can't be elected senator in the state of Illinois. They're probably the same folks who said that a guy named Rod Blagojevich couldn't be elected governor of the state of Illinois.

  Barack Obama

  Illinois, Guy, Might

  "Chicago Straight" by David Bernstein, www.chicagomag.com. May 18, 2009.

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• The Senator from South Carolina has read many books of chivalry, and believes himself a chivalrous knight, with sentiments of honor and courage. Of course he has chosen a mistress to whom he has made his vows, and who, though ugly to others, is always lovely to him; though polluted in the sight of the world, is chaste in his sight I mean the harlot, Slavery. For her, his tongue is always profuse in words.

  Charles Sumner

  Believe, Book, Mean

  Charles Sumner (2016). “The Complete Works of Charles Sumner”, p.1564, Library of Alexandria

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• People ask me, "What are you going to do to develop jobs in your state?" Well, that's not my job as a US senator to bring industry to the state. That's the lieutenant governor's job, that's your state senators' and assemblymen's job. That's your secretary of state's job, to make a climate in the state that says, 'Y'all come.'

  Sharron Angle

  Jobs, People, Climate

  "Angle: Unemployed are 'Spoiled'; It's not my job to fight for Nevadans' jobs". Sharron Angle's campaign appearance, www.youtube.com. May 14, 2010.

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• I am not a conservative but I have spoken out for years against the staggering amount blind hatred directed at black conservatives by liberals. Liberals are shockingly quick to demean and dismiss brilliant black people like Rice, Carson, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), Professor Walter E. Williams and economist Thomas Sowell because they don't fit into the role they have carved out for a black person in America. Black Americans must be obedient liberals on all things or risk being called a race traitor or an Uncle Tom.

  Juan Williams

  Education, Uncles, America

  "Rutgers rage against Rice -- why do liberals have so much hate for black conservatives?" by Juan Williams, www.foxnews.com. March 9, 2014.

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• Look, we live in a celebrity culture and sometimes you get caught in the wave and the buzz and a lot of it's flattering but, you know, one of the things that I try to remind people of is, is that I was in politics as a state senator operating in obscurity for many years. Before that I was a community organizer working in low income communities in Chicago and nobody knew my name then. And so, having involved myself in public service for a pretty long time without getting too much attention, hopefully I can keep some of the attention that I'm getting now in perspective.

  Barack Obama

  Names, Years, Perspective

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• In a new issue of Esquire magazine, they revealed that before he was married to Teresa Heinz, Senator John Kerry dated Morgan Fairchild, Michelle Phillips, Catherine Oxenberg and Dana Delany. Finally a Democratic presidential candidate with good taste in women.

  Jay Leno

  Issues, Presidential, Magazines

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• In his big victory speech last night, Senator Kerry said that he wanted to defeat George Bush and the 'economy of privilege.' Then he hugged his wife, Teresa, heir to the multi-million dollar Heinz food fortune.

  Jay Leno

  Night, Wife, Victory

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• The historic function of a Senator from Oregon is to drive all the other Senators mad.

  Ursula K. Le Guin

  Oregon, Mad, Historic

  Ursula K Le Guin (2014). “The Lathe of Heaven”, p.144, Diversion Books

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• Funny thing about being a U.S. senator, the only thing the law says you have to be is 30 years old. Not another single requirement. They just figure that a man that old got nobody to blame but himself if he gets caught in there.

  Will Rogers

  Men, Years, Law

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• less real than such threats as a man with a gun, a woman with a knife, or a U.S. Senator with an idea.

  Dean Koontz

  Real, Gun, Men

  Dean Koontz (2016). “The Complete Odd Thomas 8-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd, Saint Odd”, p.760, Bantam

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• Can anybody tell me why reporters, in making mention of lady speakers, always consider it to be necessary to report, fully and firstly, the dresses worn by them? When John Jones or Senator Rouser frees his mind in public, we are left in painful ignorance of the color and fit of his pants, coat, necktie and vest - and worse still, the shape of his boots. This seems to me a great omission.

  Fanny Fern

  Ignorance, Omission, Color

  Fanny Fern (1870). “Ginger-snaps”, p.114

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• The tyrant custom, most grave senators,
  Hath made the flinty and steel couch of war
  My thrice-driven bed of down.

  William Shakespeare

  War, Tyrants, Bed

  'Othello' (1602-4) act 1, sc. 3, l. [230]

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• Men in power always seem to get involved in sex scandals, but women don't even have a word for 'male bimbo.' Except maybe 'senator.

  Elayne Boosler

  Sex, Men, Males

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• I was raised in a spirit of the importance of service to your fellow man. My mom is a senator back home in South Africa. My father is a very caring and generous individual.

  Adhir Kalyan

  Mom, Father, Home

  "Adhir Kalyan Discusses “Paul Blart” And His Unordinary Obsession with Jennifer Beals". Channel Guide Magazine Interview, www.channelguidemag.com. July 02, 2009.

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• I want to thank you for coming to the White House to give me an opportunity to urge you to work with these five senators and three congressmen, to work hard to get this trade promotion authority moving. The power that be, well most of the power that be, sits right here.

  George W. Bush

  Moving, Hard Work, Humor

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• North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms has signed a deal with Random House to write his memoirs. Scholars will no doubt benefit from the reflections of a man who was wrong on every major issue for 40 years. Helms' aides say the proceeds from the book will be donated to the non-profit Jesse Helms Center where they apparently have more experience burning than publishing them.

  Paul Begala

  Book, Writing, Reflection

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• The important thing is that the principles that Senator Obama outlined originally are now embraced and taxpayers will be protected.

  David B. Axelrod

  Important, Principles, Taxpayers

  "Bill Clinton, campaign strategists, Colo. Senate debate". "Meet the Press" with Tom Brokaw, www.nbcnews.com.

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• The senator has got to understand if he's going to have - he can't have it both ways. He can't take the high horse and then claim the low road.

  George W. Bush

  Horse, Humor, Political

  "Bush, in his own words" by Jacob Weisberg, www.theguardian.com. November 3, 2000.

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• The ancients were destitute of many of the conveniences of life which have been invented or improved by the progress of industry; and the plenty of glass and linen has diffused more real comforts among the modern nations of Europe than the senators of Rome could derive from all the refinements of pompous or sensual luxury.

  Edward Gibbon

  Real, Luxury, Glasses

  Edward Gibbon (1846). “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”, p.106

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• As I ran for president, I hoped that one child would come out of the ghetto like I did, could look at me walk across the stage with governors and senators and know they didn't have to be a drug dealer, they didn't have to be a hoodlum, they didn't have to be a gangster. They could stand up from a broken home, on welfare, and they could run for president of the United States.

  Al Sharpton

  Running, Children, Home

  2004 Democratic National Convention Address, delivered 28 July 2004, Fleet Center, Boston

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• I haven't pursued it as a senator because I know it's like spitting in the wind. But I still believe it's the right thing. And if I were governor and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.

  Wendy Davis

  Believe, Gun, Wind

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• It is necessary for a Senator to be thoroughly acquainted with the constitution; and this is a knowledge of the most extensive nature; a matter of science, of diligence, of reflection, without which no Senator can possibly be fit for his office.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Reflection, Government, Office

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• When the Gauls laid waste Rome, they found the senators clothed in their robes, and seated in stern tranquillity in their curule chairs; in this manner they suffered death without resistance or supplication. Such conduct was in them applauded as noble and magnanimous; in the hapless Indians it was reviled as both obstinate and sullen. How truly are we the dupes of show and circumstances! How different is virtue, clothed in purple and enthroned in state, from virtue, naked and destitute, and perishing obscurely in a wilderness.

  Washington Irving

  Rome, Purple, Waste

  Washington Irving (1983). “History, Tales, and Sketches”, p.1011, Library of America

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• With all do respect, senator, I don't think this is an appropriate setting for me to discuss that issue. I'd be more than glad to come back in an appropriate setting to discuss the issues that you have raised.

  Eric Holder

  Thinking, Nsa, Issues

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