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Kin Hubbard (Frank McKinney Hubbard)

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Now an' then an innocent man is sent t' th' legislature.
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Back Country Folks (1914)
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Variant: Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature.
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As quoted in The Dictionary of Humorous Quotations? (1949) by Evan Esar, p. 105

 
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