24 October 2009

"There's too many pigs for the teats"

So spoke Abraham Lincoln, besieged by officeseekers desiring jobs in the federal government, quoted by Shelby Foote in Ken Burns' documentary The Civil War.

1 comment:

  1. AnonymousOctober 24, 2009 at 10:03 PM

    Well, actually, I think Lincoln used a different word than "teats," but it was quite similar.

    CCL

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