Office Quotes - Page 29
Letter to Elias Shipman and others, 12 July 1801.
The second office in the government is honorable and easy; the first is but a splendid misery.
Bernard Mayo, Thomas Jefferson (1988). “Jefferson Himself: The Personal Narrative of a Many-Sided American”, p.199, University of Virginia Press
Declaration of Independence (1776)
Whiskey claims to itself alone the exclusive office of sot-making.
Thomas Jefferson, Henry Augustine Washington (1854). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, cont”, p.285
Thomas Carlyle (1871). “The Collected Works of Thomas Carlyle”, p.166
Terry Pratchett, Stephen Briggs (2004). “Monstrous Regiment”, Methuen Drama
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (2010). “Free-Range Knitter: The Yarn Harlot Writes Again”, p.8, Andrews McMeel Publishing
Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy, Francis Pearson Walesby (1825). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D..: The Rambler”, p.469