Ooooh, burn.

[weaktwos]

In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.
  - John Adams

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[weaktwos.livejournal.com]

I don't know the specific source for certain. This showed up in my "Quote of the Day" off my google homepage.

Still, whoever said it was good people. ;-)

[unclemilo.livejournal.com]

Well, the quote is John Adams

but if you haven't seen 1776, I urge that you do.
The musical was written by a historian and a good portion of the lines are taken from the Congressional records. There is a love song between John Adams and his wife and the lyrics are mostly taken from their actual letters to one another.