The Senate is the last primitive society in the world. We still worship the elders of the tribe and honor the territorial imperative. (Eugene McCarthy)

The Senate is the last primitive society in the world. We still worship the elders of the tribe and honor the territorial imperative.

Eugene McCarthy

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