An old saying.

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Submitted by Lyle (United States), Aug 24, 2011 23:10

No mans liberty is safe when the legislature is in session. Said in a New York court decision in 1866 by Gideon J Tucker. I would say its doubly true of Congress. (the quote applies to the follies in Albany, which was at the time the best legislature Vanderbilt could buy)

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CEFFX uses that quote in its fund marketing literature.

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