“Let's turn inflation over to the post office. That'll slow it down.”

—  Morris Udall

Quoted in Richard Severo, "Morris K. Udall, Fiercely Liberal Congressman, Dies at 76," http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E03E7DC173DF937A25751C1A96E958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=3 The New York Times (1998-12-14)

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