Lisa Murkowski Quotes

I do see your point, but to me, I'm just a mouse compared to the President of the United States.

I’m the constitution around here now.

Washington has political power combined with the insider illusion of being in control.

the White Czar of Congress.

Folks, I can tell you I've known eight presidents, three of them intimately.

Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.

I think I can regard myself as a political decision-maker.

Politics is activity in relation to power.

Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason. Their new positions will do little to moderate their egos.

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.

I've always been one of the youngest guys on the team. But now I'm one of the older guys, one of the more experienced guys, and I have to be more of a leader. The guys are looking up to me, asking me questions and looking at me to step up.

I am proud to be in the Senate. I have always been proud to be a part of our political system. It is a remarkable privilege to participate in this system of ours.

Politics is the art of controlling your environment.

I've been dealing with politicians all my life. All my life. And I've always gotten them to do what I need them to do.

People who run for president seriously and people who become president enter a bizarre secret society in which they have had an experience that none of us will ever have.

When President Obama was in the Senate, when he was a U.S. senator, he voted against raising the debt ceiling. And he said it was a lack of leadership that had brought us to this point.

I think, people who remain in the political sphere as opposed to going into the private sector, really what they're looking at is how in some ways the compensation is power. How do you place a price tag on the ability to affect millions of people's lives? How do you place a price tag on the ability to determine the rules by which all of us play?

Every senator sees a president when he looks in the mirror each morning.

Towering over Presidents and State Governors, over Congress and State Legislatures, over conventions and the vast machinery of party, public opinion stands out in the United States, as the great source of Power.

Probably the most effective legislator we've ever had.

In a republican land the power behind the throne is the power.

There are seats in the Senate for sale.

A Senate seat is a terrible thing to waste.

Politics. The art of governing mankind by deceiving them.

Power is more satisfying to some than wealth.... Power is, indeed, a heady thing—whether it be a King, a President, a Legislature, a Court, or an Administration agency that is concerned.