"You see, in Washington they have these..." - Quote by Will Rogers
You see, in Washington they have these bodies, Senate and the House of Representatives. That is for the convenience of the visitors. If there is nothing funny happening in one, there is sure to be in the other, and in case one body passes a good bill, why, the other can see it in time and kill it.
More by Will Rogers
More on Government
“For me popular violence is as much an obstruction in our path as the Government violence.”
“A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible.”
“The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.”
More on Politics
“On why I don't trust democracy without extremely powerful systems of accountability and recall What seems to be generosity is often only disguised ambition - which despises small interests to gain great ones.”
“Today it is difficult to find leaders who are independent of the forces that have brought us our problems: The Congress, the bureaucracy, the lobbyists, big business, and big labor.”
“The reason political party platforms are so long is that when you straddle anything it takes a long time to explain it.”