The first lesson in civics is that efficient government begins at home.
Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith Mohler, 1994.
-- Charles Evans Hughes, (Apr 11 1862-1948), US Supreme Court Justice; Hes was an associate justice of the Supreme Court, 1910-16; as chief justice, 1930-41, he resisted attempts to pack the court with pro-FDR justices.