Carolina Quotes
After all, this is a political body, and you cannot get things done unless you make friends.
Ernest Hollings Carolinian
Source
Farewell speech to the United States Senate, November 16, 2004; Congressional Record, printed in Senate Document 108-26
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- Farewell speech to the U.S. Senate
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- 2004
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“After all, this is a political body, and you cannot get thin…” Ernest Hollings. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-7B0B957284. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/7b0b957284
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