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Robert Dornan: I agree. Just to clear the record, for those who were not forced to take 4 years of Shakespeare in school, that Portia…

On the recordMay 29, 1996
I agree. Just to clear the record, for those who were not forced to take 4 years of Shakespeare in school, that Portia, because I well know the gentlewoman's distinguished name, means a lady lawyer of exceeding skill, as in Portia from the Merchant of Venice, who gave us the great soliloquy: The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice bless'd: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. I just wanted that on the record.
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Robert Dornan
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Clarifying the reference to Portia from Shakespeare during a discussion.

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