On using the pronoun 'we' as a form of self-reference:

The only person entitled to use the imperial 'we' in speaking of himself is a king, an editor, and a man with a tapeworm.


Los Angeles Times, 6 October 1914


The only person entitled to use the imperial 'we' in speaking of himself is a king, an editor, and a man with a tapeworm.

The only person entitled to use the imperial 'we' in speaking of himself is a king, an editor, and a man with a tapeworm.

The only person entitled to use the imperial 'we' in speaking of himself is a king, an editor, and a man with a tapeworm.

The only person entitled to use the imperial 'we' in speaking of himself is a king, an editor, and a man with a tapeworm.