I would rather be right than be President

I would rather be right than be President
"Уж лучше я останусь прав, чем буду президентом"
Ответ Г. Клея [Clay, Henry] (1850) на реплику в Сенате [Senate, U.S.] по поводу его очередной неудачной попытки занять президентский пост. Услышав эти слова, один из его политических соперников заметил: "Ни то, ни другое ему не грозит" ["He will never be either"]. В истории США мало кто стремился к президентскому креслу, как Клей: он баллотировался на этот пост трижды и трижды проигрывал

English-Russian dictionary of regional studies. 2013.

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