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I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be able

I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be able to do anything except to eat peanuts and chew tobacco, while my army is starving. – General Robert E. Lee

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If we were left solely to the wordy wit of legislators in Congress for our guidance, uncorrected by the seasonal experience and the effectual complaints of the people, America would not long retain her rank among the nations. – Henry David Thoreau

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I believe if we introduced the Lords Prayer here, senators would propose a large number of amendments to it. – Henry Wilson

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The Senate is a body of old men charged with high duties and misdemeanors. – Ambrose Bierce

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We have the power to do any damn fool thing we want to do, and we seem to do it about every ten minutes. – J. William Fulbright

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