Quotes of Legislature - somelinesforyou

“ When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'. ”

- Theodore Roosevelt

“ Would it be possible to stand still on one spot more majestically — while simulating a triumphant march forward — than it is done by the two English Houses of Parliament? ”

- Alexander Herzen

“ Burke said there were Three Estates in Parliament; but, in the Reporters' gallery yonder, there sat a Fourth Estate more important far than they all. ”

- Thomas Carlyle

“ Memory is the cabinet of the imagination, the treasury of reason, the registry of conscience, and, the council chamber of thought. ”

- St. Basil

“ Like Cato, give his little senate laws, and sit attentive to his own applause. ”

- Alexander Pope

“ Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. If we can get rid of the former, we may easily bear the latter. ”

- Benjamin Franklin

“ The Senate is the last primitive society in the world. We still worship the elders of the tribe and honour the territorial imperative. ”

- Eugene McCarthy

“ Night is the mother of counsels. ”

- George Herbert

“ About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation. ”

- Will Rogers

“ The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class shall represent and repress them in parliament. ”

- Vladimir Lenin

“ I have advocated postal reform for many years. The parliament said it was an absurd argument. The people have said it was the right thing. ”

- Junichiro Koizumi

“ Others import yet nobler arts from France, Teach kings to fiddle, and make senates dance. ”

- Alexander Pope

“ If he were To be made honest by an act of parliament I should not alter in my faith of him. ”

- Ben Jonson

“ England is the mother of parliaments. ”

- John Bright

“ A parliament speaking through reporters to Buncombe and the Twenty-seven millions, mostly fools. ”

- Thomas Carlyle

“ We're seeing the legislative process go down in this Senate. ”

- Robert Byrd

“ In the United States Senate, we cannot do great things without reaching across the aisle and working together - and I look forward to the challenges ahead. ”

- Richard Burr

“ It's certainly alright to introduce what you think is appropriate, but it's not mutually exclusive,... What the House and Senate passes is ultimately what matters most. ”

- Richard Baker

“ When a member of the House moves over to the Senate, he raises the IQ of both bodies. ”

- Everett Dirksen

“ The thing is, if you control the Senate meetings, you control the gavel. And the gavel is a very important instrument… an instrument of power. An instrument that establishes the agenda. ”

- Dan Quayle

“ It is not a choice of life, it is a choice of death. If this is life, I'd rather die. ”

- Ferdinand E. Marcos

“ There will be a procedure to present the government to parliament for discussion and approval. ”

- Mahmoud Abbas

“ I welcome the boldness of his vision.... Clearly the tough work remains to be done, and everybody, including Congress, needs to roll up their sleeves and get that work done. ”

- David Vitter

“ I think we need to do a little more all-weather testing. ”

- Pete Conrad

“ If you want to be a government in a minority Parliament, you have to work with other people. ”

- Stephen Harper

“ Whatever is dirty, it is women's job to clean up, or drive some man to clean up, and that goes for everything from cellar to senate. ”

- Agnes Macphail

“ Congress had embarrassed itself at having produced so little. It had to look as if it could do something. ”

- Richard Darman

“ The Senate is never easy,... But when you get a new administration and a new Congress, it gives you sort of an opportunity to take a little time out and see what we can do together. ”

- Trent Lott

“ This is the best thing that can be done, short of new laws... given the deadlock in Congress. ”

- Charles Schumer

“ I told the council you have to take on the problem of drugs and prostitution if development is going to happen. ”

- Charles Williams
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