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The Senate is a body of old men charged with high duties and misde

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

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Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freemans power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country. – Ambrose Bierce

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power
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Censor, n. An officer of certain governments, employed to supress the works of genius. Among the Romans the censor was an inspector of public morals, but the public morals of modern nations will not bear inspection. – Ambrose Bierce

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Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is – it is her shadow. – Ambrose Bierce

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Sure the people are stupid: the human race is stupid. Sure Congress is an inefficient instrument of government. But the people are not stupid enough to abandon representative government for any other kind, including government by the guy who knows. – Bernard Devoto

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There are two enemies to every bill proposed in Congress, the fools who favor it and the lunatics who oppose it. – Source Unknown

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The Few assume to be the deputies, but they are often only the despoilers of the Many. – G. W. F. Hegel

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There should be one day when there is open season on senators. – Will Rogers

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But childhood prolonged, cannot remain a fairyland. It becomes a hell. – Louise Bogan

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Will some reporter, or some Republican on the Sunday shows, please ask why tax cuts raid the non-existent Social Security Trust Fund but all the Democrats new spending doesnt? Will someone please ask that? – Rush Limbaugh

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