Adolphus Frederick Hubbard Quotes


Fellow citizens, I offer myself as a candidate before you, for the office of governor. I do not pretend to be a man of extraordinary talents .... Nevertheless, I do think I can govern you pretty well. I do not think it will take a very smart man to govern you ... I do not think you will be very had to govern.


Context

The Lt. Governor had earlier attempted to wrest the Governor’s position by quasi-legal means when the Governor had traveled out of the state. When he ran for election in 1926, he was badly defeated.


Citations

Adolphus Frederick Hubbard, *, Illinois Lieutenant Governor, Gubernatorial Campaign Speech, 1826, Quoted in Ford, History of Illinois

Sourced by: Eigen's Political and Historical Quotations

Related Quotes

His opponent was Al Gore Sr. whose wife came up with the idea of placing signs underneath the McKeller signs saying, “Think Some More and Vote For Gore!”


See Charles James Fox, John Milton, Jeremy Bentham, George Mason, Henry Clay, Benjamin Disraeli and Woodrow Wilson for similar expressions of this idea.


No Photo Available
  • Born:
  • Nationality:
  • Profession: