A Quote by Mark Twain

Senator: Person who makes laws in Washington when not doing time.

Mark Twain

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Doing Laws Makes Person Senator Time Washington

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Mark Twain
American - Writer
November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910

The way I see it, I'm not going to Washington to be the 60th Democratic senator. I'm going to Washington to be the second senator from the state of Minnesota.

Al Franken

I'm running because Hoosiers deserve a senator who makes promises here in Indiana and then keeps them in Washington.

Mike Braun

One thing I will commit to the people of Ohio is, when I'm a U.S. senator and there's issues being debated in Washington, when I'm a U.S. senator they'll know exactly what my position is.

Josh Mandel

I didn't want my next U.S. senator to be someone who was going to go up there and do the same stuff people have been doing. But I guess our argument is it's okay to be angry and upset at Washington.

Marco Rubio

A brilliant author or businesswoman or senator or software engineer is brilliant only in tiny bursts. The rest of the time, they’re doing work that most any trained person could do.

Seth Godin

The Plus Factor makes its appearance in a person's life in proportion as that person is in harmony with God and His universal laws.

Norman Vincent Peale

The people in Washington spend too much time in Washington, so they think Washington-centric thoughts.

Howard Lutnick

Crime is actually less in places where people own guns. Washington, D.C., is a case in point. It has the strictest gun laws, but who has the highest crime rate in the country? Washington, D.C.

Luke Scott

I would not waste time, as Senator Gillibrand does, on things such as dictating a national minimum driving age and sponsoring a 'National Day of Play.' I'd help New Yorkers understand that we get less in value from Washington than what we send there in taxes.

Wendy Long

I just wish I could walk into my Senator’s office and say, “Senator Dude, Um, we have a problem with these sicko scientists…” But then again, I don’t think we have a Senator, do we? Is there a state where mutant freaks are represented? If so, let me know.

James Patterson

There is a difference between Senator Obama and Senator McCain. Senator Obama believes that the government ought to be able to take as much as it thinks it needs from anybody.

Karl Rove

You can't go to Washington as a congressman and a senator and expect to make a difference all at once. You have to earn your way.

Richard Shelby

I was raised in the Washington household of my grandfather Senator Thomas P. Gore of Oklahoma, and have known politicians intimately all my life.

Gore Vidal

Senator Kerry has been in Washington long enough to take both sides on just about every issue.

George W. Bush

I came to Washington understanding what the Senate is capable of accomplishing and knowing that I'd have myriad opportunities as a senator to get things done.

Tina Smith

The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn't like to do.

Thomas A. Edison

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