Congressman John Quotes

#1. A man I admire and respect - Congressman John Lewis, an American hero, made allegations that Sarah Palin and I were somehow associated with the worst chapter in American history, segregation, deaths of children in church bombings, George Wallace. That, to me, was so hurtful.

John McCain

#2. The surface causes of Adams's anxieties are not difficult to discern. Every activist knew the penalty for treason. Every congressman knew that prison, perhaps death, would be his reward if the American rebellion failed.

John Ferling

#3. Fasting will break poverty from your life.

Jentezen Franklin

#4. The injured runner is like a recent amputee victim, continually forgetting that the limb isn't there, crestfallen at each realization. What we need more than anything is a suitable prosthetic and an attitude adjustment.

Lauren Fleshman

#5. I was in charge of price controls in World War II and had a ceiling on overall prices. Everybody who was subject to general maximum price regulation wanted an exception and went to Congress to persuade a Congressman, or a group of people on the Hill, that I was being a menace to their industry.

John Kenneth Galbraith

#6. I want to emphasis again, Governor (Thomas) Kean and Congressman (Lee) Hamilton pointed out that congressional oversight also was a major contributor to our failures prior to 9/11 and that has to be fixed as well.

John McCain

#7. While books provided me with some escape from the mental and physical horrors of my early life, they were unreliable. Many times the protagonists suffered terribly and then died at the end.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

#8. Pain is the sensation that indicates a transformation is needed.

Lysa TerKeurst

#9. Has it not occurred to you that, conversely, other people do not have your difficulties because they do not react as you do to what happens?

Idries Shah

#10. In the next two years he would sit on ninety committees, chairing twenty-five. No other congressman came even remotely close to carrying such a heavy work load. Soon he was acknowledged "to be the first man in the House," as Benjamin Rush reported.28

John Ferling

#11. Will Rogers once said it is not the original investment in a Congressman that counts; it is the upkeep.

John F. Kennedy

#12. Everybody tends to think I'm crazy, which is the biggest problem in my life.

Cat Power

#13. At a time when special interest money is being showered on legislators in Washington, grassroots donors offer members of Congress a refreshing independence. The $25 and $50 donor is not looking for special favors. He or she is simply expecting their Congressman to go do the right thing.

John Sarbanes