Famous quotes containing the words state and/or senate:
“I see the state of all of us who live, nothing more than phantoms or a weightless shadow.”
—Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.)
“As the House is designed to provide a reflection of the mood of the moment, the Senate is meant to reflect the continuity of the past—to preserve the delicate balance of justice between the majority’s whims and the minority’s rights.”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)