House Select Committee

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    “Cry cry what shall I cry?
    The first thing to do is to form the committees:
    The consultative councils, the standing committees, select committees and sub-committees.
    One secretary will do for several committees.”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

    “Those who sit in a glass house do wrong to throw stones about them; besides, the American glass house is rather thin, it will break easily, and the interior is anything but a gainly sight.”
    —Emma Goldman (1869–1940)

    “We must select the Illusion which appeals to our temperament and embrace it with passion, if we want to be happy.”
    —Cyril Connolly (1903–1974)

    “A committee is an animal with four back legs.”
    —John le Carré (b. 1931)