Mr. President, I don't know why it took us 200 years for one of us to get the job [of ambassador].
Source: In The Last Word - A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, 1992.
-- Shirley Temple Black, (Apr 23 1928-2014), US actress, diplomat; As a child actress she was the #1 Hollywood attraction, 1938; U.S. ambassador to Ghana, 1974-76.