“What this country needs is a really good five-cent cigar” was uttered by Thomas R. Marshall, vice-president under Woodrow Wilson (1913-21), in response to a senator’s long speech about the country’s needs.
Who said, “What this country needs is a really good five-cent cigar”?
by Pamela Landy · Filed Under: American History
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