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| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| NUMBER: | 1503 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Brackett Reed (1839–1902) |
| QUOTATION: | Representative William McK. Springer, remarks in the House, quoting Henry Clay: “As for me, I would rather be right than be President.” Reed: “Well, the gentleman will never be either.” |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Representative THOMAS B. REED.—Samuel W. McCall, The Life of Thomas Brackett Reed, chapter 21, p. 246 (1914). |
| SUBJECTS: | Presidency |
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