Public office is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
Congress Quotes
Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate; now what’s going to happen to us with both a Senate and a House.
It is not to the scrip of parchment on which the Constitution was originally enrolled, that we are to look for the people’s rights. Instead of looking for the people’s rights, it is there you (Congress) must search for your powers. It is in that instrument, the people have told you what they have given; […]
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
If I studied all my life, I couldn’t think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress.
The Senate being tied is a start. Now, if only it could be gagged.
There is more selfishness and less principle among members of Congress… than I had any conception of, before I became President of the U.S.
This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby holds a hammer.
You’ve got to pity the poor Democrats in Congress. Most of them are on record against capital punishment, since they naturally don’t want to diminish their constituent base.
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?
