Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
NUMBER: | 1571 |
AUTHOR: | Silas Wright (17951847) |
QUOTATION: | The office should seek the man, not man the office. |
ATTRIBUTION: | Attributed to 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.Dictionary of American Biography, vol. 10, part 2, p. 556. |
SUBJECTS: | Public service |