Jo Ann!

"I think you're an asshole."

U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, R-MO, in a letter to a constituent.  [Link]

Where have you gone, Pat Paulsen?

"All the problems we face in the United States today can be traced to an unenlightened immigration policy on the part of the American Indian." 

Pat Paulsen (1927-1997), Satirist, Statesman, Perennial Presidential Candidate

This. Is. True.

“Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgement; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.”

Edmund Burke (1729-97), Irish philosopher, statesman.

Going... going...

“When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people.”

Edmund Burke (1729-97), Irish philosopher, statesman.

Twain!

“Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.”

Mark Twain (1835-1910), U.S. author. Quoted in: Rudyard Kipling, From Sea to Sea, Letter