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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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Land: A part of the earths surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation of modern society, and is eminently worthy of the superstructure. – Ambrose Bierce

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Mammalia, n.pl. A family of vertebrate animals whose females in a state of nature suckle their young, but when civilized and enlightened put them out to nurse, or use the bottle. – Ambrose Bierce

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This is a Senate of equals, of men of individual honor and personal character, and of absolute independence. We know no masters, we acknowledge no dictators. This is a hall for mutual consultation and discussion; not an arena for the exhibition of champions. – Daniel Webster

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With Congress, every time they make a joke its a law, and every time they make a law its a joke. – Will Rogers

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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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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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Words of wisdom are spoken by children at least as often as scientists. – James Newman

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Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us. – Jean de la Bruyere

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