Posted by lil' jimi on January 14, 2006, at 0:09:48
In reply to Re: Gov. Ma Ferguson » lil' jimi, posted by Gabbix2 on December 15, 2005, at 21:26:29
> Hi jimi!
>
> I checked that in a few places, and it does seem that those words did in fact come out of her mouth...Hi gabbi!
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ma_Ferguson
"It is possible that this is a misattribution: several researchers tried, and failed, to find primary source material."
and
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wikiquote:Reference_desk#English_good_enough_for_Jesus
"Miriam A. Ferguson reportedly said a quote which sounds like "If English was good enough for Jesus Christ, it is good enough for the children of Texas." Several minutes of research have found over half a dozen variants on this quote, and nothing mentions source information, except two researchers lamenting not managing to find any source."Jimmy Carter is fond of this quote.
it does seem to be ubitquitous and apocryphal.
~ rabbleOn
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