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/