Who do you think is running Congress? Farmers? Engineers? Teachers? Businessmen? No, my friends. Congress is run by lawyers. A lawyer is trained for two things and two things only. To clarify – that's one. And to confuse – that's the other. He does whichever is to his client's advantage. Did you ever ask a lawyer the time of day? He told you how to make a watch, didn't he? Ever ask a lawyer how to get to Mr. Jones' house in the country? You got lost, didn't you? Congress is composed of 535 individuals. Two hundred and eighty-eight are lawyers. And you wonder what's wrong in Congress. No wonder we often know how to make a watch, but we don't know the time of day.
More from Nashville
Star You look like a guy I was in the Navy with. He wouldn't bathe, so we had to pee in his bed to get him discharged.
Marthe ("L. A. Joan") Hi, Tom, could you sign my record?
Tom Frank You better get off that diet before you ruin yourself.
Bill Is this just network or is it, uh ...?
John Triplette No, it's better, it's really better than network. It's going to be syndicated, so I mean, hell, they're going to be showing it for a year and a half.
Nashville
All Nashville quotes →
All Nashville quotes →