We have the power to do any damn fool thing we want to do, and we

We have the power to do any damn fool thing we want to do, and we seem to do it about every ten minutes. – J. William Fulbright

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

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I believe if we introduced the Lords Prayer here, senators would propose a large number of amendments to it. – Henry Wilson

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This is a Senate of equals, of men of individual honor and personal character, and of absolute independence. We know no masters, we acknowledge no dictators. This is a hall for mutual consultation and discussion; not an arena for the exhibition of champions. – Daniel Webster

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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

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