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In legislation we all do a lot of swapping tobacco across the lines.

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You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, and you can't change human nature from intelligent self-interest into pure idealism—not in this life; and if you could, what would be left for paradise?

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Nearly all legislation is the result of compromise.

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Joseph Gurney Cannon

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Born: May 7, 1836
Died: November 12, 1926 (aged 90)
Bio: Joseph Gurney Cannon was a United States politician from Illinois and leader of the Republican Party.

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