"A goodly number of senators, even of my own party, have shown about as much backbone as so many angleworms."
An interview with Teddy Roosevelt, on his 150th birthday:
"Q. Does (McCain's) vow to give Joe the Plumber a tax break remind you of Reaganomics?
A. This is merely the plan, already tested and found wanting, of giving prosperity to the big men on top, and trusting to their mercy to let something leak through to the mass of their countrymen below — which, in effect, means that there shall be no attempt to regulate the ferocious scramble in which greed and cunning reap the largest rewards."
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