"In and of itself" Quotes from Famous Books
... amendment, but disliked the third section, of which he said: "Let us then reject this dead weight, and not load down good provisions, absolutely essential provisions, by this, which, however good in and of itself, can not be enforced. I regard this provision, if adopted, both worthless and harmless, and, therefore, I shall vote for the proposed amendment as a whole, whether ... — History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States • Wiliam H. Barnes |