“Politicians are the same all over: they promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.”

Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (1894-1971)

The Soviet Union premier gave this remark during a press conference in Glen Cove, New York, during a U.S. visit in October 1960.

The U.S. House of Representatives seems to be doing exactly that as you read this.

Source: Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations