Civil Servants

Famous quotes containing the words civil and/or servants:

“At Hayes’ General Store, west of the cemetery, hangs an old army rifle, used by a discouraged Civil War veteran to end his earthly troubles. The grocer took the rifle as payment ‘on account.’”
—Administration for the State of Con, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)

“If all were as it seems, and men made the elements their servants for noble ends!”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)