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Sure the people are stupid: the human race is stupid. Sure Congres

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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The trouble with the sacred Individual is that he has no significance, except as he can acquire it from others, from the social whole. – Bernard Devoto

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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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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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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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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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