“Ladies and gentlemen, I resent this applause.”
Brother Theodore (1906–2001) German-American monologuist and comedian
“Ladies and gentlemen, I accept the flowers as a memento of reconciliation between the white and colored races of the southern states. I accept it more particularly as it comes from a colored lady, for if there is any one on God's earth who loves the ladies I believe it is myself.”
1870s, Speech before the Pole-Bearers Association (1875)
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