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  • I would rather die than be in the United States Senate. I would be bored to death. Could you imagine me, banging around that chamber with 99 other people, asking for a motion on the amendment in the subcommittee? Forget it…You’d watch me just walk out and walk right into the Potomac River and drown. That would be it.

Monday, 17 September 2018 / Published in Ambition & Fame, Anti-Government, Bipartisanship & Compromise, Civility, Comedy, Communication & Rhetoric, Congress & Legislation, Death & Dying, Diplomacy, Human Nature, Ideology, Individuality, Leadership, Policy, Political Aspirations, Political Responsibilities, Politics, Reality, Voting, Work

I would rather die than be in the United States Senate. I would be bored to death. Could you imagine me, banging around that chamber with 99 other people, asking for a motion on the amendment in the subcommittee? Forget it…You'd watch me just walk out and walk right into the Potomac River and drown. That would be it.


Chris Christie, Speech at the annual New Jersey NAACP conference, Oct 11, 2014

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