Senate Quotes

“The business of the Senate is not to pass laws, but to prevent bad laws from being passed.”

“The United States Senate is the last of the world's deliberative bodies.”

“I would not have dishonored the Senate chamber by an assassination, which was within my power.”

“I'm not the 60th vote. I'm the 41st vote.”

“The Senate is the last bastion of minority rights, where a minority can be heard, where a minority can be protected.”

“To be a U.S. Senator, in my humble judgment, is the highest political office in the land.”

“I shall not vote to cloture this debate.”

“When you have a Senate that is 50-50, you have a Senate that is split right down the middle. So I don't think you are going to get a lot of things done.”

“The Senate is the sober second thought in legislation.”

“This is a defining moment in the history of the Senate.”

“I have some experience with the institution of the Senate. I have been a Senate wife for 21 years... I know something of the pressures and the demands, the frustrations, and the satisfactions of being a Senator.”

“I will not vote to eliminate or weaken the filibuster.”

“The filibuster is the only thing that prevents us from total insanity.”

“I'm not going to be part of blowing up this Senate of ours or basically this democracy of ours.”

“The filibuster is the only thing that prevents us from total insanity.”

“I will not vote to eliminate or weaken the filibuster.”

“I didn't come to Washington to eliminate the filibuster. I came to Washington to make it work.”

“Senators are a breed apart. They are not beholden to anyone except the people of their states.”

“The filibuster is the single most important tool that we have to protect the minority.”

“Part of the job of the majority leader is to be the bad guy.”