Quotes from Russell B. Long

Democracy is like a raft: It won't sink, but you will always have your feet wet.

I expect to fight that proposition until hell freezes over. Then I propose to start fighting on the ice.

A tax loophole is something that benefits the other guy. If it benefits you, it is tax reform.

Democracy is like a raft: It won't sink, but you will always have your feet wet.

If the FDA would spend a little less time and effort on small manufacturers of vitamins...and a little more on the large manufacturers of...dangerous drugs..., the public would be better served.

Tax reform means, "Don't tax you, don't tax me. Tax that fellow behind the tree."

I really think that it's better to retire, in Uncle Earl's terms, when you still have some snap left in your garters.