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Just as we forswear using chemical weapons in war, senators should forswear using filibusters in legislative combat. Such scorched-earth tactics may win a battle but leave the democratic process in ruins.
- - Elliot Richardson, 2005
Elliot L. Richardson served in three Cabinet positions under
President Richard Nixon and as a special diplomatic representative under
Presidents Carter, Bush and Clinton