On the mistake of letting himself be elected Vice President of the United States
John Nance Garner
Quote of the day
A society that has made 'nostalgia' a marketable commodity on the cultural exchange quickly repudiates the suggestion that life in the past was in any important way better than life today.
Bio: John Nance Garner IV, known among his contemporaries as "Cactus Jack", was an American Democratic politician and lawyer from Texas. He was a Texan state representative from 1898 to 1902, and U.S. Representative from 1903 to 1933.