PRESIDENT, n. The leading figure in a small group of men of whom -- and of whom only -- it is positively known that immense numbers of their countrymen did not want any of them for President. If that's an honor surely 'tis a greater To have been a simple and undamned spectator. Behold in me a man of mark and note Whom no elector e'er denied a vote! -- An undiscredited, unhooted gent Who might, for all we know, be President By acclimation. Cheer, ye varlets, cheer -- I'm passing with a wide and open ear! Jonathan Fomry

Famous Quotes / Ambrose Bierce

Authors: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Ambrose Bierce: "PRESIDENT, n. The leading figure in a small group of men of whom -- and of whom only -- it is positively known that immense numbers of their countrymen did not want any of them for President.

If that's an honor surely 'tis a greater
To have been a simple and undamned spectator.
Behold in me a man of mark and note
Whom no elector e'er denied a vote! --
An undiscredited, unhooted gent
Who might, for all we know, be President
By acclimation. Cheer, ye varlets, cheer --
I'm passing with a wide and open ear!
Jonathan Fomry"

Quotations about

Acclimation	Behold	Cheer	Countrymen
Denied	Elector	Figure	Fomry
Gent	Greater	Group	Honor
Immense	Jonathan	Leading	Mark
Might	Note	Numbers	Open
Passing	Positively	President	Simple
Small	Spectator	Surely	Thats
Them	Undamned	Undiscredited	Unhooted
Varlets	Vote	Want	Whom
Wide

Quotes by Power Quotations

PRESIDENT, n. The leading figure in a small group of men of whom -- and of whom only -- it is positively known that immense numbers of their countrymen did not want any of them for President. If that's an honor surely 'tis a greater To have been a simple and undamned spectator. Behold in me a man of mark and note Whom no elector e'er denied a vote! -- An undiscredited, unhooted gent Who might, for all we know, be President By acclimation. Cheer, ye varlets, cheer -- I'm passing with a wide and open ear! Jonathan Fomry - Ambrose Bierce