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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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Mammals: 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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Breastfeeding
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Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery. – Ambrose Bierce

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great
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Friendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense. – Ambrose Bierce

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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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If we were left solely to the wordy wit of legislators in Congress for our guidance, uncorrected by the seasonal experience and the effectual complaints of the people, America would not long retain her rank among the nations. – Henry David Thoreau

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

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