In speaking of the many mean and petty acts of certain members of
Congress, the President, while talking on the subject one day with
friends, said:
“I have great sympathy for these men, because of their temper and their
weakness; but I am thankful that the good Lord has given to the vicious
ox short horns, for if their physical courage were equal to their
vicious disposition, some of us in this neck of the woods would get
hurt.”