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Once it becomes impossible for members of Congress to make a career of legislative service, the temptation to bend a vot

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"Once it becomes impossible for members of Congress to make a career of legislative service, the temptation to bend a vote for whatever reason may yield to the better angels of their nature"

- James L. Buckley

Nature Impossible Congress

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This quote is written / told by James L. Buckley somewhere between March 9, 1923 and today. He/she was a famous Politician from USA. The author also have 19 other quotes.

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