Rachel Caine Quotes
How you going to stop me, cupcake? Hit me with your book bag?" "If I have to.
Caine, Rachel. Glass Houses. New American Library, 2006.
Later made more famous by being quoted by President Ronald Reagan in facing down Congress over legislation by threatening the use of the veto.
La Guardia was a very short man and he had gone up to the much larger “poll watcher” and ripped his official button off his coat. The Tammany Hall political machine would appoint thugs as poll watchers to intimidate the voters. If the poll watcher was an "official" voters thought that they might have access to the ballot information and know whether or not they voted for the machine candidates. Their presense was often sufficient intimidation to assure party line voting by most people.
Chavez frequently insulted officials and leaders of other countries. See linked quotes for examples.
Rachel Caine was the pen name of Roxanne Longstreet Conrad who was an American writer of science fiction, fantasy, mystery, suspense, and horror novels.