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In the last analysis sound judgment will prevail.

— Joseph Gurney Cannon

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In legislation we all do a lot of swapping tobacco across the lines.

It's a damned good thing to remember in politics to stick to your party and never attempt to buy the favor of your enemies at the expense of your friends.

The Post Office Department is like a great root spreading many feet under ground and nourishing the mighty oak. It is the tap root of civilization.

Nearly all legislation is the result of compromise.

You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, and you can't change human nature from intelligent self-interest into pure idealism—not in this life; and if you could, what would be left for paradise?

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