17 May
Long Dead Republican Senator William E. Borah from Idaho back in presidential politics a century after his prime …
William Edgar Borah (National Statuary Hall Collection statue)
The quote that President Bush resurrected this week, “Lord if only I could have talked to Hitler, all of this might have been avoided” is attributed to longtime Republican Senator William E. Borah from Idaho. The 8 time senator actually ran for president himself in 1936. Here’s a better quote from the senator …
“America has arisen to a position where she is respected and admired by the entire world. She did it by minding her own business … the European and American systems do not agree.”
—1919 William E. Borah speech in Brooklyn opposing the League of Nations.