“A WOMAN'S PLACE IS IN THE HOUSE...AND THE SENATE.”

“... in 1912, although he, more even than other members of the Senate and the House, thought himself presidential timber (a delusion from which vanishingly few senators and representatives are wholly free when they gaze enraptured into their mirrors of a morning), Senator [William Alden] Smith wasn’t noted for much of anything.”

“How did the Farm Bill achieve overwhelming support from Congress in the face of such widespread calls for reform?...In exchange for leaving support for the large commodity crop farmers in place, House and Senate negotiators packaged support for nearly everyone else into the bill.”

“I'll challenge senators and kings for the right to know the truth, but far be it from me to challenge a woman in her own kitchen.”

“When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not Guilty'.”

“The senate is a place filled with goodwill and good intentions, and if the road to hell is paved with them, then it's a pretty good detour. Hubert Humphrey, as quoted by Biden, p. 134”