The appointment of a woman to office is an innovation for which the public is not prepared, nor am I

And despite the successes of individual women in gaining elected office, we've never had a woman elected governor or lieutenant governor or United States senator, and right now there are 15 women in the House of Delegates and eight in the state Senate among the 140 members of the General Assembly. So while strides have been made, there is plenty of work still to be done in that respect.

It is amazing how much may be done if we are always doing.

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

The second office in the government is honorable and easy; the first is but a splendid misery.

Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor - over each other.