Congress Quote by Cullen Hightower

“The mistakes made by Congress wouldn't be so bad if the next Congress didn't keep trying to correct them.”

Cullen Hightower

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The wheel was invented so we could move faster. Credit was invented so we would have to.

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The gratification of a thoughtless pleasure soon evaporates; the pleasure of a gratifying thought never ends.

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Courtship brings out the best. Marriage brings out the rest.

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Sometimes we deny being worthy of praise, hoping to generate an argument we would be pleased to lose.

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Saying what we think gives us a wider conversational range than saying what we know.

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The human body was designed to walk, run or stop; it wasn't built for coasting.

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Only the poor can know all the disadvantages of poverty. Only the rich can know all the disadvantages of wealth.

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Every U.S. citizen owes allegiance to our nation. Some Americans consider that anything less than high treason is allegiance.

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Every adult should be an expert on teenagers, after spending life's seven longest years being one.

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Our laws can be friendly to those who obey them, and too often useful to those who don't.

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A day's pay for a day's work is more than adequate when both the work and the pay are appreciated as much as they…

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It's hard to see a halo when you're looking for horns.

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