United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee On The Legislative Branch

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“What the United States does best is to understand itself. What it does worst is understand others.”
—Carlos Fuentes (b. 1928)

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—Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901)

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—Thomas Paine (1737–1809)

“Like Cato, give his little Senate laws,
And sit attentive to his own applause.”
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—John Locke (1632–1704)

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