Sitting Governor

Famous quotes containing the words sitting and/or governor:

“If I devote myself to other pursuits and contemplations, I must first see, at least, that I do not do pursue them sitting upon another man’s shoulders. I must get off him first, that he may pursue his contemplations too.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“[John] Brough’s majority is “glorious to behold.” It is worth a big victory in the field. It is decisive as to the disposition of the people to prosecute the war to the end. My regiment and brigade were both unanimous for Brough [the Union party candidate for governor of Ohio].”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)