Those people. . . . early stricken of God, intellectually - the departmental interpreters of the laws in … - Mark Twain

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In the polling booth narrow self interest wins out over lofty principles.

Mark Twain

Those people. . . . early stricken of God, intellectually - the departmental interpreters of the laws in Washington. . . can always be depended on to take any reasonably good law and interpret the common sense all out of it.

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