A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different nations, constituent states, independent organizations (such as trade unions), or groups.
The term was chosen for the United States Congress to emphasize the status of each state represented there as a self-governing unit. Subsequent to the use of congress by the U.S. legislature, the term has been adopted by many states within unions, and by unitary nation-states in the Americas,...
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- There should be one day when there is open season on senators. ,
- The Senate is a body of old men charged with high duties and misdemeanors. ,
- Great is the power, great is the authority of a senate that is unanimous in its opinions. ,
- We have the power to do any damn fool thing we want to do, and we seem to do it about every ten minutes. ,
- Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. ,
- 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. ,
- The Few assume to be the deputies, but they are often only the despoilers of the Many. ,
- The American, if he has a spark of national feeling, will be humiliated by the very prospect of a foreigner's visit to Congress -- these, for the most part, illiterate hacks whose fancy vests are spotted with gravy, and whose speeches, hypocritical, unctuous, and slovenly, are spotted also with the gravy of political patronage, these persons are a reflection on the democratic process rather than of it; they expose it in its process rather than of it; they expose it in its underwear. ,
- If we were left solely to the wordy wit of legislators in Congress for our guidance, uncorrected by the seasonal experience and the effectual complaints of the people, America would not long retain her rank among the nations. ,
- I have seen in the Halls of Congress more idealism, more humanness, more compassion, more profiles of courage than in any other institution that I have ever known.
Works Written About This Topic:
- Profiles in Courage ,
- I Married a Communist ,
- The Audacity of Hope ,
- The Collectors ,
- Henry Clay ,
- Advise and Consent: A Novel of Washington Politics ,
- Congress V. the Supreme Court ,
- The Constitution in Congress ,
- The Enduring Revolution: How the Contract with America Continues to Shape the Nation ,
- RFK
