Frases de John N. Garner

John Nance Garner IV apodado Cactus Jack, fue un político estadounidense, 44º presidente de la Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos , y 32º vicepresidente de los Estados Unidos . Ha sido el ex-vicepresidente de los Estados Unidos más longevo hasta ahora. Wikipedia  

✵ 22. noviembre 1868 – 7. noviembre 1967
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“Worst damnfool mistake I ever made was letting myself be elected Vice President of the United States. Should have stuck with my old chores as Speaker of the House. I gave up the second most important job in the Government for one that didn't amount to a hill of beans. I spent eight long years as Mr. Roosevelt's spare tire. I might still be Speaker if I didn't let them elect me Vice-President.”

Comment shortly after leaving office, on leaving his post as speaker of the United States House of Representative to become the Vice President, quoted by Frank X. Tolbert, "What is Cactus Jack Up to Now," Saturday Evening Post (November 2, 1963) and recounted in Alden Whitman's obituary of Garner in the New York Times (November 8, 1967).

“Not worth a bucket of warm spit.”

Comment to Lyndon B. Johnson on the vice presidency, widely attributed to Garner as early as 1964 http://books.google.com/books?id=q4zpAAAAMAAJ. The quote is sometimes given as using "piss" instead of "spit."

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