It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.

There was a time when Congress used to engage in serious debate and occasionally take tough stands opposing the alleged imperatives of national security. Over the last three decades, however, and particularly since 9/11, it has increasingly abdicated its powers and transferred them to to the executive branch.

Don't you understand what I'm tryin' to say?

And you tell me over and over and over again, my friend