Famous quotes containing the words governor and/or born:
“Three years ago, also, when the Sims tragedy was acted, I said to myself, There is such an officer, if not such a man, as the Governor of Massachusetts,what has he been about the last fortnight? Has he had as much as he could do to keep on the fence during this moral earthquake?... He could at least have resigned himself into fame.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“Was I not born of old worthy lineage?
Was not my mother queen, my father king?
Was I not a kings fere in marriage?
Had I not plenty of every pleasant thing?”
—Sir Thomas More (14781535)
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