| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 273 |
| AUTHOR: | Peter Stone (1930 ) |
| QUOTATION: | I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is called a disgrace, that two are called a law firm, and that three or more become a congress. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | PETER STONE, book, and SHERMAN EDWARDS, music and lyrics, 1776, A Musical Play, scene I. John Adams speaks these lines to open the play. |
| SUBJECTS: | Congress | | |
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