Sitting Governor

Famous quotes containing the words sitting and/or governor:

“There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“[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)