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[Mark] Twain called Congress "the only distinctly native criminal class in America. We've lately sent a United States Senator to the penitentiary." That was a fact.

Hal Holbrook
Class, America, Criminals
"BWW Interviews: Hal Holbrook of MARK TWAIN TONIGHT, Coming to Riverside's Fox Performing Arts Center". Interview with Audrey Liebross, www.broadwayworld.com. January 12, 2015.
[Mark] Twain called Congress the only distinctly native criminal class in America. We've lately sent a United States Senator to the penitentiary. That was a fact.