"The office of the president is a bastardized thing, half royalty and half democracy, that
nobody knows whether to genuflect or spit."
Henriette Eilertsen Trio - Moder (Motvind Records)
23 hours ago
Monday, February 15, 2010
Presidents Day Quote
Jimmy Breslin was a longtime newspaper columnist in NYC, and covered a lot of chief executives. So his comment on the presidency, I suspect, comes from his close examination of those who filled the position:
"The office of the president is a bastardized
thing, half royalty and half democracy, that
nobody knows whether to genuflect or spit."
"The office of the president is a bastardized thing, half royalty and half democracy, that
nobody knows whether to genuflect or spit."
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