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Adlai Stevenson: “Speaker, our watch-dog of the Treasury, like all other good watch-dogs, never barks when his friends are around!”

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Speaker, our watch-dog of the Treasury, like all other good watch-dogs, never barks when his friends are around!
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Adlai Stevenson

Editor's note · Context

Stevenson uses this metaphor to critique a politician's selective vigilance over financial matters.

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