Famous Quotes & Sayings

Carol Cox

We will spend less money next year than we did two years ago -- not very much less, ... The administration, having lowered the bar, got more of what it wanted out of Congress. At the end, the administration was holding the whip hand because it was Congress that wanted to go home.

Tom Schatz

Large contractors give lots of money to these members of Congress. They always have. That's the way things are done.

Eric Fehrnstrom

If Congress and the President impose new requirements on the project, we'll follow the procedures and guidelines set out in the law.

Samuel Best

Everybody loves their congressman and hates Congress. You sort of evaluate your own personal situation by standards that you know, but when you're evaluating everybody else, you do it by what you hear.

James McGovern

After the flood comes the whitewash, ... The job of this Congress is not to run interference for the administration.

Bobby Valentine

Koga put him in the No. 1 spot last year, and he got hot after that. I thought I'd follow suit.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

We can afford all that we need; but we can not afford all [that] we want.

Henry Clay

I'd rather be right than President.

Helen Thomas

All presidents rail against the press. It goes with the turf.

John Maynard Keynes

Like Odysseus, the President looked wiser when he was seated.

Jodi Kantor

Interpreting anyone's marriage - a neighbor's, let alone the president's - is extremely difficult.

Keating Holland

Americans may rally around a president when he sends troops to war but not when he sends them the bill.

Christopher Shays

This president had a right to rejoice. But it was just a compassionate, wonderful speech,

Jean Offutt

There were no surprises for us. But we're still waiting for the other two steps, which will be the president and Congress.

Alberto Gonzales

This may be the most important thing a president does.