"Our lives, our liberty, and our property are never in greater danger than when Congress is in session."
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"It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of the Congress to dispose."
"I could be an idiot, or I can serve in Congress, but I repeat myself."
"And always remember, Abraham Lincoln only served one term in Congress, too."
"From early on, everything I did was calculated to being elected to Congress."
"Congressman is the trivialist distinction for a full grown man."
"Congress in session is Congress on public exhibition, whilst Congress in its committee-rooms is Congress at work."
"Congress shall pass no law that exempts themselves!"
"Congress requires states to draw single-member districts."
"Congress is best viewed from a distance - the farther the better - because up close, it is truly ugly."
"To get Congress to do anything."
"Whiskey is carried into committee rooms in demijohns and carried out in demagogues."
"The Congress as I see, does not belong to me or to you, but it belongs to the whole country."
"With the parties at virtual parity and the ideological gulf between them never greater, the stakes of majority control of Congress are extremely high."
"When congress is in session no American is safe."
"It's a lie! I am not an anti-Semite. The World Jewish Congress supported me and said that I am not anti-Semitic."
"You can't repeal human nature by an Act of Congress."
"Congress constitutionally lacks general police powers."
"We can't change the way Washington works unless we first change how Congress works."
"We can't wait for Congress to do its job. So where they won't act, I will."
"Do something, Congress. Do anything."