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By its rules, the Senate wisely fixes the limits to its own power.
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Adlai Stevenson
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gutenberg.orgAdlai Stevenson: “By its rules, the Senate wisely fixes the limits to its own power.”
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Stevenson asserts that the Senate's rules are designed to limit its own power wisely.
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