Bill's Comments

From Founder's Quote Daily, a service of The Patriot Post

"For myself the delay [in assuming the office of the President] may be compared with a reprieve; for in confidence I assure you, with the world it would obtain little credit that my movements to the chair of Government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going to the place of his execution: so unwilling am I, in the evening of a life nearly consumed in public cares, to quit a peaceful abode for an Ocean of difficulties, without that competency of political skill, abilities and inclination which is necessary to manage the helm."
--George Washington, comment to General Henry Knox, March 1789

.....From 200 years ago.

Find a politician reluctant to take office today, or for that matter that is modest about his/her abilities.