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Quote by Ambrose Bierce
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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Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others. – 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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There should be one day when there is open season on senators. – Will Rogers

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Great is the power, great is the authority of a senate that is unanimous in its opinions. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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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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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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