Quotes tagged ‘Congress’

“There is more selfishness and less principle among members of Congress, as well as others, than I had any conception [of], before I became President of the U.S.”

— James K. Polk, en.wikiquote.org

“Now I'm awake to the world. I was asleep before. That's how we let it happen. When they slaughtered Congress, we didn't wake up. When they blamed terrorists and suspended the Constitution, we didn't wake up then either. They said it would be temporary. Nothing changes instantaneously. In a gradually…”

— Margaret Atwood, Bruce Miller, Offred (June Osborne), Elisabeth Moss, imdb.com

“I hope that Congress can protect net neutrality, so I can continue to innovate in the internet space. I want to see the explosion of innovations happening out there on the Web, so diverse and so exciting, continue unabated.”

— Tim Berners-Lee, en.wikiquote.org

“Our Congress passes laws that subsidize corporations, farms, oil companies, airlines, and houses for suburbia, but when they turn their attention to the poor they suddenly become concerned about balancing the budget and cut back on funds for Head Start.”

— Coretta Scott King, en.wikiquote.org

“Who knows how much of it is corruption and how much of it is pure stupidity?”

— Ann Coulter, dailycaller.com

“In the late 1930s, the Federal Reserve Board refused to admit it was a government institution. So Patman convinced the District of Columbia’s government to threaten foreclosure of all Federal Reserve Board property; the Board quickly produced evidence that it was indeed part of the federal governmen…”

— Matt Stoller, theatlantic.com

“At the same time that the nation has achieved perhaps the most tolerant culture in U.S. history, the destruction of the anti-monopoly and anti-bank tradition in the Democratic Party has also cleared the way for the greatest concentration of economic power in a century.”

— Matt Stoller, theatlantic.com

“In 1974, young liberals did not perceive financial power as a threat, having grown up in a world where banks and big business were largely kept under control. It was the government—through Vietnam, Nixon, and executive power—that organized the political spectrum. By 1975, liberalism meant, as Carr p…”

— Matt Stoller, theatlantic.com

“History reminds us that at every moment of economic upheaval and transformation, this nation has responded with bold action and big ideas.”

— Barack Obama, whitehouse.gov

“I ask Congress to move quickly on legislation that will finally reform our outdated regulatory system. It is time to put in place tough, new common-sense rules of the road so that our financial market rewards drive and innovation, and punishes short-cuts and abuse.”

— Barack Obama, whitehouse.gov

“I am lowering taxes far more than any other candidate. Any negotiated increase by Congress to my proposal would still be lower than current!”

— Donald Trump, twitter.com

“We shouldn’t take any fiscal advice from members of a Congress that can’t pass a budget, nor should we expect them to keep their job-creating promises. We need someone who is a tough negotiator and a real leader.”

— Donald Trump, amazon.com

“The original purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment, which was ratified in 1868, following the Civil War, was to guarantee all rights granted to citizens in the Constitution to freed slaves. No serious historian could possibly interpret any of the supporting language in the Congressional Record that th…”

— Donald Trump, amazon.com