Quotes about Congress

Still relavant today:

• "We'd all like to vote for the best man but he's never a candidate." --Kin Hummbard
  
  
• "When they call the roll in the Senate, the senators do not know whether to answer 'present' or 'guilty'." --Theodore Roosevelt
  
  
• "Congress is so strange. A man gets up to speak and says nothing. Nobody listens -- and then everybody disagrees." --Boris Marshalov
  
  
• "We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex -- but Congress can." --Cullen Hightower
  
  
• "In your country club, your church, and business, about fifteen percent of the people are screwballs, lightweights, and boobs, and you would not want those people unrepresented in Congress." --Alan Simpson
  
  
• "This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer." --Will Rogers
  
  
• "Get all the fools on your side and you can be elected to anything." --Frank Dane
  

The Washington Times on a certain Senator.