When I have to choose between voting for the people or the special interests, I always stick with the special interests. They remember. The people forget.
About Henry F. Ashurst
Henry Fountain Ashurstwas an American Democratic politician and one of the first two senators from Arizona. Largely self-educated, he served as a district attorney and member of the Arizona Territorial legislature before fulfilling his childhood ambition of joining the United States Senate.
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No man is fit to be a Senator… unless he is willing to surrender his political life for great principle.
U.S. Senator from Arizona (1874-1962)
When I have to choose between voting for the people or the special interests, I always stick with the special interests. They remember. The people forget.
U.S. Senator from Arizona (1874-1962)