
The Father and His Two Daughters.A man had two daughters, the one married to a gardener, and the other toa tile-maker. After a time he went to the daughter who had married thegardener, and inquired how she was, and how all things went with her.She said: "All things are prospering with me, and I have only one wish,that there may be a heavy fall of rain, in order that the plants may bewell watered." Not long after he went to the daughter who had marriedthe tile-maker, and likewise inquired of her how she fared; she replied:"I want for nothing, and have only one wish, that the dry weather maycontinue, and the sun shine hot and bright, so that the bricks might bedried." He said to her: "If your sister wishes for rain, and you for dryweather, with which of the two am I to join my wishes?" From Aesop's Fables |
I want to make a policy statement. I am unabashedly in favor of women. (On appointing 10 women to top government positions)
By Lyndon B. Johnson