“I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.”

—  Victor Hugo

Though research done for Wikiquote indicates that the attribution of this remark to Hugo seems extensive on the internet, no source has been identified. It seems to be a statement a modern satirist might make, derived from one made circa 1910 by Mrs Patrick Campbell regarding homosexuals: "Does it really matter what these affectionate people do — so long as they don’t do it in the streets and frighten the horses?"
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French poet, novelist, and dramatist 1802–1885

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