Political Quotes

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I feel it my duty to bring under your consideration a practice which has grown up in the administration of the Government, and which, I am deeply convinced, ought to be corrected.
Said by
John Tyler
Whig · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Tyler expresses his concern about a problematic practice within government administration that needs correction.

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