Governor Jerry Brown

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    “I saw the man my friend ... wants pardoned, Thomas Flinton. He is a bright, good-looking fellow.... Of his innocence all are confident. The governor strikes me as a man seeking popularity, who lacks the independence and manhood to do right at the risk of losing popularity. Afraid of what will be said. He is prejudiced against the Irish and Democrats.”
    —Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)

    “Who talks of Plato’s spindle;
    What set it whirling round?
    Eternity may dwindle,
    Time is unwound,
    Dan and Jerry Lout
    Change their loves about.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “My ole man died—hunh—
    Cussin’ me;
    Ole lady rocks, bebby,
    Huh misery.”
    —Sterling Allen Brown (b. 1901)