Mine is from a the book Fool by Christopher Moore, which is a humorous retelling of King Lear. Moore is one of my favorite authors, to me he's the literary version of Mel Brooks in that he does an excellent job of mixing low-brow with intelligent humor and irreverence for the ridiculous in any institution with respect for the followers (though opinions may differ). The phrase itself is just one that makes me smile when I think about it.
I read Bushido while recovering from shoulder reconstruction last summer, the quote resonated with events on our chaotic and self-serving political stage known as Congress.
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