Famous quotes containing the words elected president, elected, president and/or general:
“The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth. A Galileo could no more be elected President of the United States than he could be elected Pope of Rome. Both posts are reserved for men favored by God with an extraordinary genius for swathing the bitter facts of life in bandages of soft illusion.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)
“Utah is the only State that gives condemned men a choice between death by hanging or before a firing squad. Most prisoners prefer the firing squad, but one obstinate convict in 1912 elected to be hanged because “hanging is more expensive to the state.””
—State of Utah, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“Senator Albert B. Fall: “We have been praying for you, Sir.” President Wilson: “Which way, Senator?””
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)
“A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.”
—Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964)