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You can't use tact with a Congressman! A Congressman is a hog! You must take a stick and hit him read more
You can't use tact with a Congressman! A Congressman is a hog! You must take a stick and hit him on the snout!
No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else.
No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else.
Congress is so strange. A man gets up to speak and says nothing. Nobody listens--and then everybody disagrees.
Congress is so strange. A man gets up to speak and says nothing. Nobody listens--and then everybody disagrees.
I don't think it's the function of Congress to function well. It should drag its heels on the way to read more
I don't think it's the function of Congress to function well. It should drag its heels on the way to decision.
Don't try to go too fast. Learn your job. Don't ever talk until you know what you're talking about.... If read more
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.
The Senate is a place filled with goodwill and good intentions, and if the road to hell is paved with read more
The Senate is a place filled with goodwill and good intentions, and if the road to hell is paved with them, then it's a pretty good detour.
"Do you pray for the Senators, Dr. Hale?" someone asked the chaplain. "No, I look at the Senators and pray read more
"Do you pray for the Senators, Dr. Hale?" someone asked the chaplain. "No, I look at the Senators and pray for the country.".
A republican stands up in congress and says 'I GOT A REALLY BAD IDEA!!' and the democrat stands up after read more
A republican stands up in congress and says 'I GOT A REALLY BAD IDEA!!' and the democrat stands up after him and says 'AND I CAN MAKE IT SHITTIER!!'
If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session read more
If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress.
