Quote by Wendell Phillips

To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the law of gravitation, and kept the planets in their places.

To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose t

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This quote is a satirical commentary on how some individuals exaggerate the importance and power of the government, particularly Congress. The speaker implies that there are people who view the government as an all-powerful entity, attributing extraordinary abilities to it, like how the law of gravitation holds celestial bodies in their orbits. By using this metaphor, the quote highlights the tendency of certain individuals to overly glorify the government's capabilities, possibly to justify or rationalize its significance in their lives.

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