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Quotes about Congress


The congress of Vienna does not walk, but it dances.

Charles Joseph, prince de Ligne

Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.

Mark Twain

Giving jazz the Congressional seal of approval is a little like making Huck Finn an honorary Boy Scout.

Melvin Maddocks

Congress is so strange. A man gets up to speak and says nothing. Nobody listens--and then everybody disagrees.

Boris Marshalov

Peacetime conscription is the greatest step toward regimentation and militarism ever undertaken by the Congress of the United States.

Burton Kendall Wheeler

As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress that as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. - George Washington,

George Washington

Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.

Cullen Hightower

Congress is so strange. A man gets up to speak and says nothing. Nobody listens - and then everybody disagrees.

Boris Marshalov

America is a country where, thanks to Congress, there are 40 million laws to enforce 10 commandments.

Frank Anon.

They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men. -Clare Booth Luce.

Clare Booth Luce

Giving jazz the Congressional seal of approval is a little like making Huck Finn an honorary Boy Scout.

Melvin Maddocks

What right does Congress have to go around making laws just because they deem it necessary?

Marion Barry

They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.

Clare Boothe Luce

This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.

Mark Russell

The framers gave us the Second Amendment not so we could go deer or duck hunting but to give us a modicum of protection against congressional tyranny.

Walter Williams

Following his brief inaugural address to the Congress, President George Washington and his party walked over to St. Paul's Church for divine services. His prayer that afternoon was: 'Almighty God, we make our earnest prayer that Thou wilt incline the hearts of the citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to government; to entertain a brotherly affection and love for one another and for their fellow-citizens of the United States at large.'

George Washington

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