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Now an' then an innocent man is sent t' th' legislature.

— Kin Hubbard Back Country Folks (1914)

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Notes from Wikiquote

As quoted in The Dictionary of Humorous Quotations‎ (1949) by Evan Esar, p. 105.

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Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature.

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