"Don't let anything like trees in the Clearwater
National Forest get in the way of providing jobs and
fueling the economy, even if that means cutting down
every last tree in the state."
--Congresswoman Helen Chenoweth R-ID
during her 1994 campaign
"Most of these feminists are radical, frustrated
lesbians, many of them, and man-haters, and failures in
their relationships with men, and who have declared war
on the male gender. The Biblical condemnation of
feminism has to do with its radical philosophy and
goals. That's the bottom line."
--Jerry Falwell
"There are so many women on the floor of Congress, it
looks like a mall."
--Rep. Henry Hyde (R-IL), repeating a joke he heard
"Men in the pro-choice movement are either men trapped
in women's bodies...or younger guys who are like camp
followers looking for easy sex."
--Rep. Bob Dornan (R-CA)
"When I see a first-class individual who makes $80,000
a year, he's lower middle class. When I see someone who
is making anywhere from $300,000 to $750,000 a year,
that's middle class. When I see anyone above that,
that's upper middle class."
--Rep. Fred Heineman (R-NC), explaining that his yearly income
of $180,000 leaves him short of middle-class status
"Half the world does not know the joy of wearing cotton underwear"
--Phil Gramm