US Congress Quotes

You can’t use tact with a Congressman! A Congressman is a hog! You must take a stick and hit him on the snout! Henry Brooks Adams

Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. Mark Twain

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

We have the best Congress money can buy. Will Rogers

I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US congress. Ronald Reagan

The inside operation of Congress – the deals, the compromises, the selling out, the co-opting, the unprincipled manipulating, the self-serving career-building – is a story of such monumental decadence that I believe if people find out about it they will demand an end to it. Bella Abzug

You can lead a man to Congress, but you can’t make him think. Milton Berle

You take substance and give me procedure, and I’ll screw you every time. John Dingell (on Congress)

It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress. Mark Twain

Fleas can be taught nearly everything that a Congressman can. Mark Twain

It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of the Congress to dispose. Franklin D Roosevelt