"I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress"
- Ronald Reagan
About this Quote
This quote by Ronald Reagan is a humorous method of mentioning the inadequacy of the US Congress. Reagan is suggesting that if Moses had gone through the United States Congress to pass the Ten Commandments, it would have taken a very long time and the commandments would have been changed and thinned down. Reagan is implying that the US Congress is too sluggish and inefficient to pass laws rapidly and effectively. He is also recommending that the US Congress is too concerned with politics and inadequate with the actual content of the laws they pass. Reagan's quote is a funny way of explaining the flaws of the United States Congress and the inefficiency of the legislative procedure.
This quote is written / told by Ronald Reagan between February 6, 1911 and June 5, 2004. He was a famous President from USA.
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