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"The office should seek the man, not man the office."

— Public trust

January 1, 1970

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Attributed to Silas Wright in Edward Parsons Day, Day's Collacon (1884), p. 684. Reported as unverified in Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations (1989). According to biographies, this is in character. Wright was a nineteenth century representative and senator from New York, and served as governor of New York. In 1844, he declined a Supreme Court appointment, refused to be considered for the presidential nomination and declined, when nominated, to be a candidate for the vice presidency.

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Attributed to Silas Wright in Edward Parsons Day, Day's Collacon (1884), p. 684. Reported as unverified in Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations (1989). According to biographies, this is in character. Wright was a nineteenth century representative and senator from New York, and served as governor of New York. In 1844, he declined a Supreme Court appointment, refused to be considered for the presidential nomination and declined, when nominated, to be a candidate for the vice presidency.