Paul Sarbanes Quotes

United States, Politician
February 3, 1933 – December, 6, 2020.

Paul Spyros Sarbanes was an American former politician and attorney. A member of the Democratic Party from Maryland he served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977 and as a United States Senator from 1977 to 2007. Sarbanes was the longest-serving senator in Maryland history until he was surpassed by Barbara Mikulski by a single day when her term ended on January 3, 2017.

That is what has happened to the United States in the international economic scene. We have deteriorated into a debtor status so that we are now dependent upon the kindness of strangers. That is not where the world's leading power should find itself.

Paul Sarbanes
- World
- Kindness
- Economic
Students of American history will recall that the important place where work gets done in the legislative body, almost without exception, is in the committees, more so than on the floor although sometimes more attention is paid to the floor.

Paul Sarbanes

America's Older Americans add great value to our Nation.

Paul Sarbanes
- Values
I was very concerned that President Bush is still trying to frighten or scare the American people with respect to the condition of the Social Security system.

Paul Sarbanes
Where anti-Semitism persists, the well being of all our people is at risk.

Paul Sarbanes
- People
- Risk
- Persist