WIST Quotations

Richards, Ann -- “Sadder but Wiser,” interview with Paul Burka, Texas Monthly (Apr 1994)

Dave — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 15:45:09 +0000

I’ve always said that in politics, your enemies can’t hurt you, but your friends will kill you.

Ann Richards (1933-2006) American politician [Dorothy Ann Willis Richards]
“Sadder but Wiser,” interview with Paul Burka, Texas Monthly (Apr 1994)
(Source)

Referring to appointees whose failures had caused her political problems as governor.

Polk, James K. -- Diary (1846-10-14 )

Dave — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 21:35:13 +0000

I told him that, thank God, under our constitution there was no connection between Church and State, and that in my action as President of the U.S. I recognized no distinction of creeds in my appointments to office.

James K. Polk (1795-1849) American lawyer, politician, US President (1845-1849)
Diary (1846-10-14 )
(Source)

Louis XIV -- (Attributed)

Dave — Wed, 27 May 2020 18:34:45 +0000

Every time I fill a vacant office I make a hundred malcontents and one ingrate.

Louis XIV (1638-1715) French monarch (1643-1715) [Louis the Great, the Sun King)
(Attributed)

Quoted in Voltaire, The Age of Louis XIV, ch. 26 (1751).