Judith Martin Quote

[The President of the United States] gets off easier than his wife, to whom we traditionally assign ceremonial tasks so we can scorn her for being frivolous — when we're not complaining that she has no business interesting herself in substantive state matters because nobody elected her to office.


Miss Manners Rescues Civilization (1996)


[The President of the United States] gets off easier than his wife, to whom we traditionally assign ceremonial tasks so we can scorn her for being...

[The President of the United States] gets off easier than his wife, to whom we traditionally assign ceremonial tasks so we can scorn her for being...

[The President of the United States] gets off easier than his wife, to whom we traditionally assign ceremonial tasks so we can scorn her for being...

[The President of the United States] gets off easier than his wife, to whom we traditionally assign ceremonial tasks so we can scorn her for being...