Subject: Government » Congress

In Washington, a man gets up to speak and doesn't say a thing, and the other men disagree with him for three hours.

(1908 – 2002) comedian, radio & television actor
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With Congress, every time they make a joke it’s a law, and every time they make a law it’s a joke.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator
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The wind doesn't bother me. I'm in the U.S. Senate.

(1923 – ) U.S. senator (Kansas) & presidential candidate
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The legislature's job is to write law; it's the executive branch's job to interpret law.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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Congress: A strange forum where people get up and speak, nobody listens, and then everyone disagrees at the top of their lungs.

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Isn't it great to live in a society where the penalty for lying to a congressman can be up to 30 years in jail, but the penalty for a congressman lying to you is another two years in office.

(1955 – ) American sportswriter
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Congress is so strange; a man gets up to speak and says nothing – nobody listens—and then everybody disagrees.

(1898 – 1967) Russian writer
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Rear: In American military matters, that exposed part of the army that is nearest to Congress.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
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Space expands to house the people to perform the work that Congress creates.

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No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.

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The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator
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Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress but I repeat myself.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist
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Senate: A body of elderly gentlemen charged with high duties and misdemeanors.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
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Talk is cheap – except when Congress does it.

(1923 – ) American quote & quip writer
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Confucius perspired out more knowledge than the U.S. Senate has vocalized out in the last 50 years.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator
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Congress is back in season.

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

(1923 – ) American quote & quip writer
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I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US. Congress.

(1911 – 2004) 40th U.S. president & actor
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I understand that Congress has taken the first step in the fight against air pollution: limiting the speeches to five minutes.

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Statistics have proven that the surest way to get anything out of the public mind and never hear of it again is to have a Senate Committee appointed to look into it.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator
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This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator
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