Famous quotes containing the words essex, royal and/or garrison:
“The unknown always seems unbelievable, Lucas.”
—Harry Essex (b. 1910)
“Are you there, Africa with the bulging chest and oblong thigh? Sulking Africa, wrought of iron, in the fire, Africa of the millions of royal slaves, deported Africa, drifting continent, are you there? Slowly you vanish, you withdraw into the past, into the tales of castaways, colonial museums, the works of scholars.”
—Jean Genet (1910–1986)
“Our country is the world—our countrymen are all mankind.”
—William Lloyd Garrison (1805–1879)