“All I've done since I've been in Washington has been to sit around and try to look wise, and that's what any man has to do who isn't willing to barter his convictions for political expediency. … No man who wants to be intellectually honest has any business in Congress.”

— John J. Whitacre

December 30, 1913 http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1913/12/30/page/7/article/utilities-board-complete-today in Chicago Daily Tribune and other newspapers.

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