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1 " Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power. "
― Steve Berry , The Lost Order (Cotton Malone, #12)
2 " Especially the call for a 28th Amendment. Alex had long been a proponent of changing the Constitution to ensure that every federal statute also applied equally to members of Congress. He’d hated how the legislative branch liked to exempt itself from laws imposed on everyone else, elevating Congress into some sort of ruling class. "
3 " Since 1789 nearly 2000 men and women had served in the U.S. Senate. Those folks could be divided into two broad classes—workhorses and show horses. One got things done, the other took the credit or assigned blame. Of late, that dichotomy had been brought into sharp focus, as the Senate seemed overrun by show horses. "
4 " If men were angels, no government would be necessary - James Madison "
5 " I’m a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times. "
6 " She had little respect for politicians. Especially the 21st-century variety, who seemed more concerned with their own survival than making any kind of difference. In "
7 " A government of the people, by the people, and for the people should live under the same rules it passes for the people. ... How can the American people trust Congress to fix a broken Washington when the people in Congress don't even live under the same rules as everybody else. "
8 " excitement. "
9 " Who gives a damn what the United States Senate thinks? It lost its ability to have an opinion on this when it decided it was better than everyone else. "
10 " The first George Bush. And "
