America the Beautiful Day 3: A Few Quotes

I am traveling today, so I thought I might put a few quotes up for everyone to enjoy.  There’s almost no better past time than belittling Congress.  They make the job so easy.  Here are a few quotes from some famous people regarding Congress.  Today’s also a good day to catch up on previous entries.  If you are behind, all of the America the Beautiful posts are linked here.

“It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly American criminal class except Congress.”

- Mark Twain

“Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.”

-Mark Twain

“I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.”

-Ronald Reagan

“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. “

-Abraham Lincoln