Mr. Jefferson wrote in his autobiography regarding the Continental
Congress in 1783:
"Our body was little numerous, but very contentious. Day after day was
wasted on the most unimportant questions.
"If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be
otherwise, in a body to which the people send one hundred and fifty
lawyers, whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing and
talk by the hour?
"That one hundred and fifty lawyers should do business together ought
not to be expected."