Courtesy Title
The governor of Michigan traditionally receives the courtesy title of His/Her Excellency, though it has fallen out of use in recent years. More commonly, the governor, as with other elected state office-holders, is addressed as The Honorable (abbreviated The Hon. or Hon.).
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Famous quotes containing the words courtesy and/or title:
“In courtesy I’d have her chiefly learned;
Hearts are not had as a gift but hearts are earned
By those that are not entirely beautiful;”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“The title wise is, for the most part, falsely applied. How can one be a wise man, if he does not know any better how to live than other men?—if he is only more cunning and intellectually subtle?”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)