Senators Quotes - Page 21

• Look, all this is about is utilizing the rules of the Senate, using a majority of the senators, to make sure that we get health reform done. We cannot wait another day.

  Barbara Boxer

  Waiting, Majority, Reform

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• My motivation for running for Senate was not for the stature of being a senator, but because I wanted to make a difference on issues I feel passionate about.

  Herman Cain

  Motivational, Running, Differences

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• Had the decision belonged to Senator Kerry, Saddam Hussein would still be in power today in Iraq. In fact, Saddam Hussein would almost certainly still be in control of Kuwait.

  Dick Cheney

  Kuwait, Iraq, Decision

  "Two Americas?", www.motherjones.com. March 19, 2004.

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• I can think of a lot of words to describe Senator Kerry's position on Iraq; "consistent" is not one of them.

  Dick Cheney

  Thinking, Iraq, Consistent

  Dick Cheney during Vice-Presidential Debate at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, www.cnn.com. October 7, 2004.

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• The Senator from Massachusetts has given us ample grounds to doubt the judgment and the attitude he brings to bear on vital issues of national security.

  Dick Cheney

  Attitude, Issues, Doubt

  "Cheney Speech Upsets Westminster Prez" by The Associated Press, www.foxnews.com. April 26, 2004.

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• At what point must a female senator raise her hand or her voice to be recognized over her male colleagues?

  Leticia Van de Putte

  Hands, Voice, Males

  "Texas Gov. Calls Special Session, Reigniting Abortion Debate". "All Things Considered" with Audie Cornish, www.kuow.org. June 27, 2013.

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• Democratic Senator Harry Reid is expected to make a full recovery after he was exercising with a resistance band that snapped, causing him to fall. The good news is he's fine. The bad news is there's no video of it.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Fall, Recovery, Exercise

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• A U.S. Senator should have the same right as a member of the Knesset...to disagree with any government when its actions may not be in the United States' interest.

  Charles H. Percy

  Government, Should Have, United States

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• I’m planning to stay in politics now, but, you know, George Burns worked until he was 100. I don’t know. I don’t want to be a Senator until I’m honored.

  Deval Patrick

  Want

  "Senator Al Franken". The Tavis Smiley Show, www.pbs.org. May 30, 2017.

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• Obviously if you are an accountant, a criminal lawyer, a president, or a senator, or if you work in a funeral parlor, you have to wear a tie, but more and more people are wearing very casual clothes.

  Jean Pigozzi

  Clothes, Ties, People

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• Speaking of tax fairness, it was Senator Kerry who voted to increase the income tax on senior citizens on Social Security, earning as little as $32,000 a year.

  William Weld

  Senior, Years, Income

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• I respect Senator McCain a great deal and believe he has many - many good ideas and suggestions that I would certainly want to avail myself of if I were in a setting that - that required the input of other leaders. Senator McCain would be one of those that I'd want to hear from.

  Mitt Romney

  Believe, Ideas, Leader

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• I'm not saying Senator Mitchell's report is entirely wrong. I am saying Brian McNamee's statements about me are wrong. Let me be clear: I have never taken steroids or HGH.

  Jim Lehrer

  Taken, Brian, Steroid

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• Make no mistake: When I told Senator Mitchell that I injected Roger Clemens with performance-enhancing drugs, I told the truth.

  Jim Lehrer

  Mistake, Drug, Roger

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• I'm the only United States Senator in the country that I'm aware of that's had the far left up on TV and the far right up on TV against me at the same time.

  Claire McCaskill

  Country, United States, Tvs

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• In times of war and in hours of crisis, Senator Kerry has turned his back on 'pay any price' and 'bear any burden', and he's replaced those commitments with 'wait and see' and 'cut and run'.

  George W. Bush

  Running, War, Commitment

  George W. Bush's speech at Island Grove Regional Park Events Center in Greeley, Colorado, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. October 25, 2004.

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• I still have that new senator smell.

  Cory Booker

  Work, Smell, Politics

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• I think I'm the only senator who does not see a president when I look in the mirror.

  Jim DeMint

  Thinking, Mirrors, President

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• Senator John Kerry released his plan today to eliminate the deficit. He said all we have to do is find a really rich country like Switzerland and marry it.

  Jay Leno

  Country, Rich Countries, Switzerland

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• A certain secret jealousy of the British Minister is always lurking in the breast of every American Senator, if he is truly democratic; for democracy, rightly understood, is the government of the people, by the people, for the benefit of Senators, and there is always a danger that the British Minister may not understand this political principle as he should.

  Henry Adams

  Government, People, Political

  Henry Adams (2015). “Democracy”, p.18, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• Senators and presidents have climbed so high with pain enough, not because they think the place specially agreeable, but as an apology for real worth, and to vindicate their manhood in our eyes. This conspicuous chair is their compensation to themselves for being of a poor, cold, hard nature.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Pain, Real, Ambition

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2009). “The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.387, Modern Library

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• We are all equal on this floor, and a senator must keep his word.

  Mike Mansfield

  Equal

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• In Washington, if you're a congressman or a senator or the President, you make much more money than the average American, but you'd think that if you were the leader of the free world you'd be making major bank, and you don't.

  Beau Willimon

  Thinking, Average, Leader

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• I have heard the critics. What they are spewing are lies, nothing more. My defense policy calls for an efficient and strong military for our country. We live in dangerous times, but we must remember that we have to defend the United States against dangerous and modern threats. The Cold War is ending. Defense hawks like Senator Nunn need to understand this.

  Mario Cuomo

  Country, Strong, Military

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• Senator Biden was correct by calling for more to look into Governor Cuomo's defense policy. It is clear to me, by researching the governor's record on the issue, that he would be a wildcard on national defense issues.

  Sam Nunn

  Issues, Would Be, Defense

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