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“That's what a Congressman or a Senator is for -- to see that too much money don't accumulate in the national Treasury.”

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Book:Will Rogers' World: America's Foremost Political Humorist Comments on the Twenties and Thirties--and Eighties and Nineties

Source: Will Rogers' World: America's Foremost Political Humorist Comments on the Twenties and Thirties--and Eighties and Nineties

“There can be no complete and permanent reform of the civil service until public opinion emancipates congressmen from all control and influence over government patronage. Legislation is required to establish the reform. No proper legislation is to be expected as long as members of Congress are engaged in procuring offices for their constituents.”

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Author:Rutherford B. Hayes

“Here is your government at work. A congressman from Colorado said he wants to draft a rule that would make it unethical to have a sexual relationship with an intern. Only Congress would need a rule to tell them cheating on their wives is not ethical. Don't we have that rule? I believe it's called the Sixth Commandment.”

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Author:Jay Leno

“When a country is at war we want Congressmen, regardless of party, to back up the government of the United States.”

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Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1942, Volume 11

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1942, Volume 11