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Congress Quotes

"It is the utmost necessity that this congress be a congress of unity."

Slobodan Milosevic, Yugoslavian Criminal

Congress, Necessity, Unity

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"As parties began to develop around the turn of the 19th century, you had party nominees for President nominated in caucuses made up of party members in Congress."

Michael Beschloss, American Historian

Congress, Party, President

"'Favoritism' is always a factor, and pressure always build for the appointment of friends of influential supporters of the President, or for the nominees of powerful Member of Congress from the incoming President's party."

Richard V. Allen, American Public Servant

Congress, Friends, Party, President

"I ran for Congress, just once."

Shirley Temple, American Actress

"Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it."

Cullen Hightower, American Humorist

"The mistakes made by Congress wouldn't be so bad if the next Congress didn't keep trying to correct them."

Cullen Hightower, American Humorist

Congress, Mistakes, Trying

"There have been high crimes and misdemeanors, but they have been committed by the special prosecutor and the Congress, not the president."

Donella Meadows, American Environmentalist

Congress, President

"We have to remind the people: Congress has the constitutional obligation and public responsibility to oversee these issues and the Department of Justice's operations."

Sibel Edmonds, American Public Servant

Congress, Justice, Obligation, Public

"I feel kind of like the black sheep in Congress, but here I am."

Sonny Bono, American Musician

Congress, Sheep

"Since President Bush took office in 2001, this Congress has supported an agenda of democracy, freedom and expansion of rights for all peoples throughout the world."

Ginny B. Waite, American Author

Congress, Democracy, Freedom, Rights

"We cannot go up on a wire. We cannot do a search without a judge on the FISA Court approving it and determining that we have met the standard that has been set forth by Congress in order to utilize these techniques."

Robert Mueller, American Public Servant

Congress, Court, Order

"I would not have a woman go to Congress merely because she is a woman."

Crystal Eastman, American Lawyer

Congress, Woman

"Democrats' definition of "rich" - always seems to be set just above whatever the salary happens to be for a member of Congress. Perhaps that says it all."

Steve Steckler, American Entrepreneur

Congress, Democrats

"And I am saying, how about the other two branches? And putting the pressure on our representatives in the Senate and the Congress, and the court system. They should be counter-acting this corruption, but they are sitting there silent."

Sibel Edmonds, American Public Servant

Congress, Corruption, Court, Pressure

"No issue is more important to this Congress than securing our borders and protecting our homeland, and I guarantee it is very important to our constituents."

Ginny B. Waite, American Author

"The old Court you and I served so long will not be worthy of its traditions if Nixon can twist, turn and fashion If Nixon gets away with that, then Nixon makes the law as he goes along - not the Congress nor the courts."

Earl Warren, American Judge

Congress, Court, Fashion, Law

"It is the Democratic Congress, the liberal-biased media and the homosexuals who want to destroy all Christians."

Pat Robertson, American Clergyman

Congress, Liberal, Media, Want

"Serving in Congress has been the honor of a lifetime."

Bob Ehrlich, American Politician

Congress, Honor

"We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex - but Congress can."

Cullen Hightower, American Humorist

"I don't believe in lobbying only progressives and liberal members of Congress. I don't believe in doing interviews only with those who share my views. I want to reach a wider audience."

Bianca Jagger, Nicaraguan Celebrity

Congress, Liberal, Want

"Now back in those days, to become a rural mail carrier you had to be approved by congress."

Betty Hill, American Celebrity

Congress, Mail, Now

"Congress is functioning the way the Founding Fathers intended-not very well. They understood that if you move too quickly, our democracy will be less responsible to the majority."

Barber B. Conable, Jr., American Politician

Congress, Democracy, Fathers, Founding

"A Bush Administration will, I believe, enjoy a better relationship with the new Congress, although President-elect Bush will be faced with real challenges in getting along with the Congress."

Richard V. Allen, American Public Servant

Congress, President, Will

"It was an attempt to stick the Congress's finger in King Hussein's eye."

George P. Shultz, American Public Servant

"You can lead a man to Congress, but you can't make him think."

Milton Berle, American Comedian

"What five members of the Supreme Court say the law is may be something vastly different from what Congress intended the law to be."

Benjamin F. Fairless, American Steel Executive

Congress, Court, Law, May

"One of my top priorities in Congress is to reduce U.S. dependence on fossil fuels."

Lincoln Diaz-Balart, American Politician

Congress, Dependence, Priorities

"Congress seems to believe that 'Children are our future' is a phrase coined by tobacco advertisers."

Jef I. Richards, American Professor

Congress, Future

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