Senators Quotes - Page 3

• 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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• Congress voted for tougher laws on corporations. So now when a corporation buys a senator, they need a receipt.

  Jay Leno

  Law, Political, Needs

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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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• And we support Senator Joseph Lieberman, that it's time for our country to consider a military preemptive strike against Iran if they will not yield to diplomacy

  John Hagee

  Country, Military, Yield

  Interview with Bill Moyers, www.pbs.org. October 5, 2007.

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

  John Cornyn

  Thinking, Needs, Constituents

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• I am a mom as well as a senator!

  Patty Murray

  Mom, Feminist, Wells

  Democracy Month Live Chat, www.scholastic.com. October 5, 1994.

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• As a Michigan senator, I feel a special responsibility to protect the Great Lakes. They are not only a source of clean drinking water for more than 30 million people but are also an integral part of Michigan's heritage and its economy.

  Debbie Stabenow

  Drinking, Responsibility, Lakes

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• McCarthy emerged in the person of Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin.

  Pat Buchanan

  Wisconsin, Wisconsin Weather, Persons

  "Feingold Flirts With Anti-War Platform". www.foxnews.com. September 06, 2005.

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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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• It's always amusing to see how much less the political class knows than the rest of us do. ... it's never occurred to [the likes of Senators Brownback and Obama] that they bear a worse stigma than any AIDS patient, being almost universally regarded as blowhards, crooks, dopes, and fools.

  Stephen D. Cox

  Dope, Class, Political

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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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• Senator Albert Gore Sr. was one of the first outspoken critics of the Vietnam War.

  Peter Jennings

  War, Vietnam, Firsts

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• 'Do you pray for the senators, Dr. Hale?' No, I look at the senators and I pray for the country.

  Edward Everett Hale

  Country, Drs, Looks

  Van Wyck Brooks 'New England Indian Summer' (1940) p. 418 n.

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• Most people get their politics, obviously, from TV shows about senators or movies about them or... all the day-to-day press and the talk shows.

  Judd Gregg

  Tv Shows, People, Tvs

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• The way I see it, I'm not going to Washington to be the 60th Democratic senator. I'm going to Washington to be the second senator from the state of Minnesota.

  Al Franken

  Minnesota, Way, States

  "Franken Declares Victory in Minnesota Senate Race". Minnesota senate race speech, www.realclearpolitics.com. June 30, 2009.

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• Minnesotans know the difference between the job of satirist and the job of senator. And so do I.

  Al Franken

  Jobs, Differences, Minnesotans

  Interview with Chris Weigant, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 13, 2008.

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• Minnesota has a proud tradition of having two Senators on the Ag committee - a tradition I'd like very much to continue.

  Al Franken

  Two, Minnesota, Proud

  Interview with Chris Weigant, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 13, 2008.

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• In my first week as a U.S. senator, I had the privilege of participating in the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Sonia Sotomayor.

  Al Franken

  Judging, Hearing, Firsts

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• So, the point I'm making is, we are not going to cut spending in Washington if we think it's the job of every congressman and senators to pave local parking lots and build local sewer plants. These parochial interests are getting in the way of the national interests.

  Jim DeMint

  Jobs, Cutting, Thinking

  "Sen. Jim DeMint: 'We Are Monetizing Our Debt'". "Your World" with Neil Cavuto, www.foxnews.com. November 8, 2010.

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• The fact that a Republican is in the late Senator Kennedy's old seat probably must have him rolling in his grave, probably spilling his drink.

  Ann Coulter

  Rolling, Facts, Republican

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