Logo
I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be able

I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be able to do anything except to eat peanuts and chew tobacco, while my army is starving. – General Robert E. Lee

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Congress
category

The Senate is a body of old men charged with high duties and misdemeanors. – Ambrose Bierce

Category:
Congress

Great is the power, great is the authority of a senate that is unanimous in its opinions. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

Category:
Congress

If we were left solely to the wordy wit of legislators in Congress for our guidance, uncorrected by the seasonal experience and the effectual complaints of the people, America would not long retain her rank among the nations. – Henry David Thoreau

Category:
Congress

Sure the people are stupid: the human race is stupid. Sure Congress is an inefficient instrument of government. But the people are not stupid enough to abandon representative government for any other kind, including government by the guy who knows. – Bernard Devoto

Category:
Congress

Random Quotes

I remember looking at the sky and thinking that the universe is so big and its all chaos. I call it the dark fear. At any moment, the dark fear could come in. – St. Vincent

Category:
Fear

The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil. – Thomas A. Edison

Category:
best

I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who fear him. – Saint Teresa of Avila

Category:
Fear

Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. – Italian Proverb

Category:
Equality