Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature.

I've always been intrigued by the Senate, and admired many of the people who have served there.

I think the thing that's impressed me the most has been the fantastic professionalism of the officials in the Senate.

A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people.

It used to be in the Senate that if you were filibustering, you stood up. There was a physical dimension to it, that you - when you became exhausted you would have to leave the floor. That was the idea of the filibuster.

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 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.

I was very productive as a senator for my state.

Congress is so strange. A man gets up to speak and says nothing. Nobody listens—and then everybody disagrees.

There is no major political issue in the country that does not end up as a legal issue.

There are seats in the Senate for sale.

The employment had no reference whatever to anything pending in Congress.

I don't understand politics at all.

The Senate is where the issues are, and most people there are career politicians.

Washington would be much better off if it looked more like a state legislature.

Congress is best viewed from a distance - the farther the better - because up close, it is truly ugly.

There's a learning curve to understanding how the Senate operates.

Our government depends upon the rule of law.

Any politician can talk about resuscitating public trust.

We never said that we don't have faith in Parliament. We have great respect for Parliament.

We rely on the rule of law. I think we've lost touch with that concept in Washington.

Parliament is relentless, it never stops.

Where I know my strengths lie, for me, is establishing systems and protocols, finding solutions, and trying to push for results. The Senate is a great institution, but for me, it's not the role that best suits those needs.

Let's get this straight now: a Senate impeachment trial is not a court of law. It's a court of politics.

Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice.