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You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the read more
You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered.
They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by read more
They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.
I'd rather keep my promises to other politicians than to God. God, at least, has a degree of forgiveness.
I'd rather keep my promises to other politicians than to God. God, at least, has a degree of forgiveness.
What a crazy world we live in! Trying to treat addiction as a legal problem, and trying to treat criminal read more
What a crazy world we live in! Trying to treat addiction as a legal problem, and trying to treat criminal misbehaviors using guns as a medical problem! Beam me up, Scotty. Ain't no intelligent life down here.
All leaders strive to turn their followers into children.
All leaders strive to turn their followers into children.
It is maintained that a society is free only when dissenting minorities have room to throw their weight around. As read more
It is maintained that a society is free only when dissenting minorities have room to throw their weight around. As a matter of fact, a dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority.
The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal - that you can gather votes like read more
The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal - that you can gather votes like box tops - is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process.
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
What right does Congress have to go around making laws just because they deem it necessary?
What right does Congress have to go around making laws just because they deem it necessary?
