“We have the Israelis coming to us for equipment. We can say we can't possibly get the Congress to support a program like this. And they say don't worry about the Congress. We will take care of the Congress. This is somebody from another country, but they can do it. They own, you know, the banks in this country. The newspapers. Just look at where the Jewish money is.” KnowsLooksCountryCareCan DoWorrySupportProgramCongressJewTake CareNewspapersEquipment Author:George Scratchley Brown
“If the Federal Reserve pursues a policy which Congress or the President believes not to be in the public interest, there is nothing Congress can do to reverse the policy. Nor is there anything the people can do. Such bastions of unaccountable power are undemocratic. The Federal Reserve System must be reformed, so that it is answerable to the elected representatives of the people.” PeopleIfsBelievePoliticsPresidentInterestCan DoEconomyPolicyCongressPursueLiberalismRepresentativesReservesReverseFederal ReservePublic Interest Author:Wright Patman
“No president, not the smartest, best human being in the world can do it alone. You cannot take on this, the power that is in Washington, to billionaires and lobbyist, the military industrial complex, all of this money and power, you can`t do it. You need a mass movement of American who are looking in congress and we say directly.” WorldNeedsHumansPresidentCan DoHuman BeingsMilitaryMovementMassComplexesCongressBillionaireLobbyistsMilitary Industrial ComplexMoney And Power Author:Bernie Sanders
“In foreign affairs, the president can do what he wants unless Congress says no. In domestic policy, the president can't do anything unless Congress says yes.” WantPresidentCan DoPolicyAffairCongressWant UForeign AffairsDomestic Policy Author:Bill Vaughan
“When you have a gutless Congress a lawless president can do pretty much what he chooses.” PresidentCan DoCongress Author:Lyn Nofziger
“Power tends to corrupt. But the power in Washington resides in Congress, if it wants to use it. It can do anything-it can stop the Vietnam War. It can make its will felt, if it can ever get its act together to do anything.” IfsWantWarUseRealityTogetherPoliticsFeltCan DoLeadershipJusticeHistoryDemocracyGenerationsHuman NaturePolicyEthicsStrategyUnityCongressHuman RightsIdeologyVietnamForeign PolicyVietnam War Author:Antonin Scalia
“Congress is the third branch of government... which makes every one of the 535 members of Congress 1/535th of that important one-third, which works out to, hmmm, well, someone else can do the math. You wouldn't think such little wheels could make so much noise.” ThinkingWellsLittlesImportantGovernmentCan DoMembersThirdsCongressWork OutMathNoiseWheelsBranchesHmmmBranches Of Government Author:Wesley Pruden