#gains

I will vote adamantly against the interests of my district if I actually think what I am doing is going to be helpful. ↗

— Eric Massa

#against #am #district #doing #going

When I voted against the cap-and-trade bill, the phone rang and it was the chief of staff of the president of the United States of America, Rahm Emanuel, and he started swearing at me in terms and words that I hadn't heard since that crossing the line ceremony on the USS New Jersey in 1983. ↗

— Eric Massa

#america #bill #cap-and-trade #ceremony #chief

I was never given a trial. I never went before any magistrate, nor did my parents. To this day, I do not know what the charges that were lodged against me or my deceased parents at this time. ↗

— Robert Matsui

#any #before #charges #day #deceased

They were unable to stand up and say: "Here's our policy. It's Unite the world against terrorism." ↗

— Chris Matthews

#here #our #policy #say #stand

We supported the contras. We're not against all opposition to government, or all paramilitary operations. ↗

— Chris Matthews

#government #military operations #operations #opposition #supported

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along. ↗

— Andre Maurois

#age #along #artist #go #must

When I'm up against a wall, that's when Billy Mays performs best. ↗

— Billy Mays

#best #billy #i #mays #performs

At ten I was playing against 18-year-old guys. At 15 I was playing professional ball with the Birmingham Black Barons, so I really came very quickly in all sports. ↗

— Willie Mays

#ball #birmingham #black #came #guys

I feel like everybody is against Floyd Mayweather. I don't get any respect. ↗

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

#any #everybody #feel #floyd #floyd mayweather

I am emphatically against the privatization of Social Security. It is going to hurt millions of American women, American families and ultimately the whole country. ↗

— Barbara Mikulski

#am #american #american families #american women #country