Senate Quotes

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

“I shall not vote to cloture this debate.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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 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.”