What ought to have been done, and what shall be done, often stifle doing between them. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers
We all know them — the unstructured person whose every action seems aimless and the totally organized person whose every action defeats some purpose. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
In the first 50 years of the filibuster, it was used only 35 times. But the last Congress alone had 112 cloture motions filed, plus threats of more. This is the tyranny of the minority. – Peter Fenn
