Miriam A. Ferguson Quotations

Miriam Amanda "Ma" Ferguson (13 June 1875 – 25 June 1961) became the first female Governor of Texas in 1924, and the second female state governor in the United States.

Misattributed

If the King's English was good enough for Jesus Christ, it's good enough for the children of Texas!
- Attributed, for example, by http://www.international.ucla.edu/bcir/article.asp?parentid=2198, which contains a common version of the story, where Ferguson says this while holding a bible and defending her objection to the teaching of Spanish in Texas public schools
- According to http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003084.html, a variation on this quote is reported in the New York Times on May 23, 1881, but no record of Ferguson having said this, or anything like it, could be found
- This quote and variations on it are often frequently attributed to others; one story, usually heard outside the United States, has an unnamed "U.S. congressman" saying it in a television interview; for example, see http://www.carey.ac.nz/The_College/Pages/Mike_Crudge_Baptist01/

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