A good man can’t do nothing in office because the System is against him, and a bad one can’t do anything for the same reason. So bad as we are, we are better off than any other nation, so what’s the use to worry?
Congress Quotes
(I support efforts) to limit the terms of the members of Congress, especially members of the House and members of the Senate.
Legislatures are like animals in a zoo. You can’t do anything bout ’em. All you can do is just stand and watch ’em.
There are lots more people in the House. I don’t know exactly – I’ve never counted, but at least a couple hundred. (on the difference between the House and Senate)
It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of the Congress to dispose.
Too many critics mistake the deliberations of the Congress for its decisions.
I took the canal zone and let congress debate, and while the debate goes on the canal does also.
Don’t try to go too fast. Learn your job. Don’t ever talk until you know what you’re talking about… If you want to get along, go along.
When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer “present” or “not guilty.”
Son, if you can’t take their money, drink their whiskey, screw their women, and then vote against ’em, you don’t deserve to be here.
