Mitch McConnell vs. Stephen King
Read 20 entries attributed to Mitch McConnell alongside 20 attributed to Stephen King. Compare the wording and topic labels.
This page places 20 entries attributed to Mitch McConnell alongside 20 attributed to Stephen King. Each selection is ordered by stored importance score. These are selections from QuoteLineage, not complete accounts of either author's work.
Topic labels present in both displayed selections: knowledge, power, mind, time, humor, life. Shared labels do not by themselves demonstrate agreement, disagreement, or influence between the authors.
Attributed to Mitch McConnell, entry #216209: "Every election we know features some illegality and irregularity, and of course that’s unacceptable. I support strong state-led voting reforms. Last year’s bizarre pandemic proced…"
Attributed to Stephen King, entry #2197: "Do any of us, except in our dreams, truly expect to be reunited with our hearts' deepest loves, even when they leave us only for minutes, and on the most mundane of errands? No, n…"
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Mitch McConnell
1942
Addison Mitchell McConnell III is an American politician and attorney serving as the senior United States senator from Kentucky, a seat he has held since 1985. McConnell is in his seventh Senate term and is the longest-serving senator in Kentucky history. He served from 2007 to 2025 as the leader of the Senate Republican Conference, including two stints as minority leader, and was majority leader from 2015 to 2021, making him the longest-serving Senate party leader in U.S.
"Every election we know features some illegality and irregularity, and of course that’s unacceptable. I support strong state-led voting reforms. Last year’s b…"
#knowledge"The framers built the Senate to stop short-term passions from boiling over and melting the foundations of our republic. So I believe protecting our constitut…"
#politics"Impeachment was never meant to be the final forum for American justice"
#justice"The mob was fed lies. They were provoked by the President and other powerful people."
#power"The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a ne…"
#justice"Former President Trump's actions that preceded the riot were a disgraceful, disgraceful dereliction of duty. Trump is practically and morally responsible for…"
#beauty"You're more likely to see Elvis again than to see this bill pass the Senate."
"He did not do his job. He didn't take steps so federal law could be faithfully executed and order restored. No. Instead, according to public reports, he watc…"
#justice"Think of me as the Grim Reaper."
#mind"One of my proudest moments was when I looked Barack Obama in the eye and I said, 'Mr. President, you will not fill the Supreme Court vacancy.'"
#time"She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted."
#war"I think the testimony obviously ought to be sworn testimony. And we ought to go all the way into this and take as much time as we can to reassure the America…"
#time"Well Mister President, here's what happened: House Democrats decided to add a poison pill the new demand is really extreme: a hard statutory cap on the numbe…"
#politics"There was no involvement whatsoever."
"Self-government, my colleagues, requires a shared commitment to the truth and a shared respect for the ground rules of our system. We cannot keep drifting ap…"
#truth"I can’t imagine that a Republican majority in the United States Senate would want to confirm, in a lame duck session, a nominee opposed by the National Rifle…"
#politics"Breaking the rules to change the rules is un-American."
#change"With regard to White House officials, it will be up to the President to decide frankly whether and when and under what circumstances members of his testify."
#humor"Nobody is happy about losing lives but, remember, these are not draftees. These are full-time professional soldiers."
#life"The Senate just passed the Strengthening America’s Security in the Middle East Act. I’m especially proud it includes my amendment reaffirming the importance …"
#justiceStephen King
1986
Stephen Edwin King is an American author. Dubbed the "King of Horror", he is widely known for his horror novels and has also explored other genres, among them suspense, crime, science-fiction, fantasy, and mystery. Though known primarily for his novels, he has written approximately 200 short stories, most of which have been published in collections.
"Do any of us, except in our dreams, truly expect to be reunited with our hearts' deepest loves, even when they leave us only for minutes, and on the most mun…"
#love"Calling it a simple schoolgirl crush was like saying a Rolls-Royce was a vehicle with four wheels, something like a hay-wagon. She did not giggle wildly and …"
#love"love is what moves the world, I've always thought...it is the only thing which allows men and women to stand in a world where gravity always seems to want to…"
#love"Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win."
#life"For men, I think, love is a thing formed of equal parts lust and astonishment. The astonishment part women understand. The lust part they only think they und…"
#love"You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favourite chair and stays as long as it wants."
#humor"So you leave, and there is an urge to look back, to look back just once as the sunset fades, to see that severe New England skyline one final time...Best not…"
#courage"What Jack didn't understand was that no matter where he went, the same asshole got off the plane."
#knowledge"Worlds sometimes shudder and turn inside their axes, and this was such a time. Flagg felt it, but did not grasp it. The salvation of all that is good is only…"
#philosophy"The boat dipped and swayed and sometimes took on water, but it did not sink; the two brothers had waterproofed it well. I do not know where it finally fetche…"
#knowledge"I don't think time matters much if you're a Breaker."
#time"I don't think there was anything in my brain right then except the usual background static -- the kind you get on your radio when it's turned up all the way …"
#mind"No one ever does live happily ever after, but we leave the children to find that out for themselves."
#life"Come on back and we’ll see if you remember the simplest thing of all – how it is to be children, secure in belief and thus afraid of the dark."
#family"Alice had managed to get herself back under some sort of control, but it was thin. Thin enough to read a newspaper through, his bingo-playing mother might ha…"
#power"The fears of children were simpler and usually more powerful. The fears of children could often be summoned up in a single face... and if bait were needed, w…"
#power"Death is a mystery, and burial is a secret."
#death"In the stutter-flashes of light, the clouds look like huge transparent brains filled with bad thoughts."
#mind"Luke had to use all his willpower to keep from drinking the whole sixteen-ounce bottle of water at a single go. He left a quarter of it, set it down, then sn…"
#life"This," I said pleasantly, "is known as getting it on."
#knowledge