- “Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But then I repeat myself.” — Mark Twain
- “No man’s life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.”– Mark Twain (1866)
- “Talk is cheap, except when Congress does it.”– Anonymous
- “We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.” — Aesop
- “In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is ashame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.” — John Adams