Abraham Lincoln Quote

Of a general who sent dispatches headed 'Headquarters in the Saddle':

The trouble with Hooker is that he's got his headquarters where his hindquarters ought to be.


Abe Lincoln Laughing (1982), P. M. Zall. As quoted in: Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations (2013), p. 22.
Probably apocryphal.


The trouble with Hooker is that he's got his headquarters where his hindquarters ought to be.

The trouble with Hooker is that he's got his headquarters where his hindquarters ought to be.

The trouble with Hooker is that he's got his headquarters where his hindquarters ought to be.

The trouble with Hooker is that he's got his headquarters where his hindquarters ought to be.