Matt Gaetz Quotes

Government is not a bottom line enterprise. You can get yourself elected ... but you can't fire the legislature if they won't do what you want.

The wisdom and discretion of Congress ... are the restraints on which the people must often rely solely, in all representative governments

Only we, the public, can force our representatives to reverse their abdication of the war powers that the Constitution gives exclusively to the Congress.

The Congress is a power-oriented party.

The judicial cannot prescribe to the legislative departments of the government limitations upon exercise of its acknowledged powers. The power to tax may be exercised oppressively on persons, but the responsibility … not to the courts, but to the people by whom its members are elected.

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.

The actual rulers in a parliamentary democracy are the class of professional politicians. In theory, they are supposed to represent the people, but in fact they rule over them.

Any person would like a line item veto if the chief executive at that time agrees with their particular views.

The respect of the American people for the Congress has been increased. They can see the Congress as a vigilant Congress.

Congress has a lot of powers which people, especially those in the executive branch, don't like to talk about.

The people never have and never will be able to understand how the will of a majority of the House of Representatives can be set aside by the judgment of a few men on a powerful committee.

No branch of government should ever be able to combine the power of the sword with the power of the purse.

There is no question on earth on which a Senator of the United States may not want to address himself.

We, as a Congress, have to stand up to a president who acts like the Bill of Rights and the Constitution were repealed on September 11.

If I know anything, I know scary. And giving this President and this out-of-control Congress two more years to screw up our future is downright terrifying. Thankfully, this national nightmare is one we can end.

People seem to think that if a man is a Member of Parliament he may do what he pleases.

I can be unhappy with the Congress, but I cannot give up on its ideology.

For Obama, 'rule of law' is merely his political silly-putty.

The government can become so elitist and concentrate on elitist interests. To help the government, you must constantly hold its attention.

I am a firm believer that federal agencies exist to administer laws passed by Congress, as intended.

What we call politics now and what most political writers write about is the empathy and the bonding and the word choice and the horse rights, and it has nothing to do with what's really happening to people's lives.

I am not Left or Right. I believe in nationalism, patriotism, the federal structure, democracy, and the poor.

Members of Congress are people too.

I think Congress can pass a bill when the American people start regaining trust in the administration to actually do their job and enforce the laws that are already on the books.

The petty logic of political parties cannot be allowed to stifle the French people's legitimate aspirations to safety and liberty.