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Tuesday, December 27, 2011
The Origin of the Adage "The President Proposes, but Congress Disposes"
The origin of the adage "The president proposes but the Congress disposes" appears to be a variation on Thomas von Kempen's ImitationofChrist, Book I, ch. 19, circa 1418: