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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Childhood: the period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the folly of youth – two removes from the sin of manhood and three from the remorse of age. – Ambrose Bierce

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Creditor. One of a tribe of savages dwelling beyond the Financial Straits and dreaded for their desolating incursions. – Ambrose Bierce

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Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth. – Ambrose Bierce

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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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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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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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