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Political Factoid
"Truth is the glue
that holds governments together.
Compromise is the oil*
that makes governments go."
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Gerald Ford
US House of Representatives
Committee on the Judiciary
Hearing on his nomination to be Vice-President
1973-November-15
-- [emphasis added]
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Today's Republicans are obviously focused
on a different kind of oil, and have no interest
in making the government go (except away)
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cf.
3845,
1384,
3330,
1906
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