there is no native
American criminal class
except for Congress
“It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.”
From Pudd’nhead Wilson’s New Calendar, in Following the Equator by Mark Twain (Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1897).
I am reminded of the old joke … if Pro is the opposite of Con, what is the opposite of Progress?
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