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Exhaustion and exasperation are frequently the handmaidens of legislative decision.

~Barber Conable

Topics: Decision Exhaustion Frequently Legislative

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Congress is functioning the way the Founding Fathers intended-not very well. They understood that if you move too quickly, our democracy will be less responsible to the majority.

~Barber Conable

Topics: Congress Democracy Fathers Founding Founding Fathers Less Majority Move Our Quickly Responsible Too Understood Very Way Well Will You

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I don't think it's the function of Congress to function well. It should drag its heels on the way to decision.

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Topics: Congress Decision Drag Function Heels Should Think Way Well

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Women do two thirds of the world's work. Yet they earn only one tenth of the world's income and own less than one percent of the world's property. They are among the poorest of the world's poor.

~Barber Conable

Topics: Among Earn Income Less One Percent Only Own Percent Poor Poorest Property Tenth Than Two Women Work World

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: November 2nd, 1922

Died: November 30th, 2003

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