“If forced to choose between the penitentiary and
the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.” —Union Gen.
William Tecumseh Sherman (1822-1891), letter to Gen. Henry W. Halleck, September 1864, in The Oxford Dictionary of American Quotations, Second Edition, edited by
Margaret Miner and Hugh Rawson (2006)
In Sherman’s time, it was virtually unthinkable that
an occupant of the Oval Office might end up in both the White House and the
penitentiary. But then again, Sherman served under a Republican nicknamed “Honest
Abe” who sought to preserve the nation from its internal and external enemies, whereas
now…
Oh, never mind.
No comments:
Post a Comment