Top 9 Quotes & Sayings by Ernest Hollings

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American politician Ernest Hollings.
Last updated on November 19, 2024.
Ernest Hollings

Ernest Frederick "Fritz" Hollings was an American politician who served as a United States senator from South Carolina from 1966 to 2005. A conservative Democrat, he was also the 106th governor of South Carolina, the 77th lieutenant governor of South Carolina, and a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives. He served alongside Democrat turned Republican Senator Strom Thurmond for 36 years, making them the longest-serving Senate duo in history. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living former U.S. senator.

Sending money to Washington to have it administered and sent back is like getting a blood transfusion from your right arm to your left arm with a leaky valve.
Everybody likes to go to Geneva. I used to do it for the Law of the Sea conferences and you'd find these potentates from down in Africa, you know, rather than eating each other, they'd just come up and get a good square meal in Geneva.
[Mondale] was not born; he was appointed. — © Ernest Hollings
[Mondale] was not born; he was appointed.
Glenn must think he's still in space. He's orbiting the issues faster than he orbited earth.
Iraq was invaded to secure Israel and everybody knows it.
My good friend Walter Mondale is a good lapdog. He'll give them [special interest groups] everything they want. He'll lick every hand.
You remind me of Hubert Humphrey. You talk too much
Someone has said the best nursing home is the U.S. Senate.
Jesse Jackson has to get back to "I am somebody" instead of "I am some color."
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