Joseph Gurney Cannon quotes
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“I would rather quit public life at seventy, and quit it forever, than to retain public life at a sacrifice to my own self-respect. I will not vote for any law which will make fair for me and foul for another. The blacklist is the most cruel form of oppression ever devised by man for the infliction of suffering upon his weaker fellows.”
-- Joseph Gurney CannonSource : "Uncle Joe Cannon" by L. White Busby, (p. 278), 1927.
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“Nearly all legislation is the result of compromise.”
-- Joseph Gurney CannonSource : The Sun, March 4, 1923.
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“In legislation we all do a lot of swapping tobacco across the lines.”
-- Joseph Gurney CannonSource : "Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations" by Library of Congress, 1989.
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Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 69, 1895.
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“QUOTES BOUQUET: Three Things You Should Never Sacrifice: Family, Heart And Dignity”
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“One bright and thankful look at the cross is worth a thousand morbid, self-condemning reflections.”
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“I'm addicted to self-improvement. The thing is, there's so damn much about myself to improve.”
Source : "Drop Dead Healthy" by A.J. Jacobs, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 13, 2012.
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“I have a dreadful fear that the more you try to prevent revealing the self, the more you do.”
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