The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians who believe, with a conviction based on experience, that you can fool all of the people all of the time. (Franklin Pierce Adams)

The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians who believe, with a conviction based on experience, that you can fool all of the people all of the time.

Franklin Pierce Adams

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