On the mistake of letting himself be elected Vice President of the United States
John Nance Garner
Quote of the day
I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that's my one fear: that everything has happened; nothing exciting or new or interesting is ever going to happen again … the future is just going to be a vast, conforming suburb of the soul.
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.