Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 709 |
| AUTHOR: | James Francis Byrnes (1879–1972) |
| QUOTATION: | The nearest approach to immortality on earth is a government bureau. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Byrnes served in Congress 1911–1925 and 1930–1941. |
| SUBJECTS: | Government |