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And still the question, What shall be done with our ex-Presidents? is not laid at rest; and I sometimes think Wattersons solution of it, Take them out and shoot them, is worthy of attention.   Cleveland, Grover

Source: GROVER CLEVELAND, letter to William F. Vilas, April 19, 1889.Letters of Grover Cleveland, 18501908, ed. Allan Nevins, p. 204 .Henry Watterson, editor of the Louisville, Kentucky, Courier-Journal for fifty years, feared that a presidents ambitions would lead him to seek a third term and then life tenancy. Because any other position after the presidency would seem anticlimactic, Watterson believed the country was not safe from any president while he was alive. He especially worried about Theodore Roosevelt, a young president who greatly enjoyed the presidency, and he frequently editorialized on this theme during Roosevelts second term, though the remark was facetious.Joseph Henry Wall, Henry Watterson, pp. 25455 . · This quote is tagged Uncategorised · Search on Google Books to find all references and sources for this quotation.

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