"Fortunate Son"
The Creedence Clearwater Revival song "Fortunate Son" was inspired by David Eisenhower and Julie Nixon. John Fogerty who wrote the song thought that Eisenhower received preferential treatment because he was born into a famous family and married to the daughter of the President.
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Famous quotes containing the words fortunate and/or son:
“The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)
“In the middle classes the gifted son of a family is always the poorest—usually a writer or artist with no sense for speculation—and in a family of peasants, where the average comfort is just over penury, the gifted son sinks also, and is soon a tramp on the roadside.”
—J.M. (John Millington)