De Facto Status

Famous quotes containing the words facto and/or status:

“I incline to think that the people will not now sustain the policy of upholding a State Government against a rival government, by the use of the forces of the United States. If this leads to the overthrow of the de jure government in a State, the de facto government must be recognized.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)

“As a work of art it has the same status as a long conversation between two not very bright drunks.”
—Clive James (b. 1939)