“The mistake a lot of politicians make is in forgetting they've been appointed and thinking they've been anointed.”
Claude Pepper
“ANOINT, v.t. To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.As sovereigns are anointed by the priesthood, So pigs to lead the populace are greased good. --Judibras”
Ambrose Bierce
“I think we've passed the point of having him anointed at any position. I think anything he earns now, he's got to work his way up the ladder.”
Mike Tice
“Whether elected or appointed he considers himself the Lord's anointed, and indeed the ointment lingers on him so thick you can't get your fingers on him.”
Ogden Nash
“The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD's anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go.”
Bible
“And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD's anointed is before him.”
“And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD's anointed? / And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.”
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