Famous quotes containing the words governor and/or steele:
“I saw the man my friend ... wants pardoned, Thomas Flinton. He is a bright, good-looking fellow.... Of his innocence all are confident. The governor strikes me as a man seeking popularity, who lacks the independence and manhood to do right at the risk of losing popularity. Afraid of what will be said. He is prejudiced against the Irish and Democrats.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)
“The married state, with and without the affection suitable to it, is the completest image of heaven and hell we are capable of receiving in this life.”
—Richard Steele (1672–1729)
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