There is hardly a member of Congress who can make up his mind to go home without having despatched at least one speech to his constituents; nor who w… - Alexis de Tocqueville

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There is hardly a member of Congress who can make up his mind to go home without having despatched at least one speech to his constituents; nor who will endure any interruption until he has introduced into his harangue whatever useful suggestions may be made touching the four-and-twenty States of which the Union is composed, and especially the district which he represents.