Olympia Snowe : (3)

" The United States Senate wasn’t designed to be a majority-rule institution. It was designed to include and accommodate the rights of the minority in small states as well as large states. " - Olympia Snowe

" I have worked for three decades as a staunch advocate of building a ‘big tent’ party that includes both pro-choice and pro-life Republicans. " - Olympia Snowe

" What happens is that, you know, on Mondays, at least in the Senate, you know, Monday night we’d have what you’d call a bed-check vote. Just to get, you know, the machinery of the Senate up and running so they can start the committee process; on Tuesday morning, things go. By Thursday, you know, jet fumes, the smell of jet fumes. " - Olympia Snowe