Famous quotes containing the words municipal, utilities and/or authority:
“No sane local official who has hung up an empty stocking over the municipal fireplace, is going to shoot Santa Claus just before a hard Christmas.”
—Alfred E. Smith (1873–1944)
“Flowers ... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“The faith that stands on authority is not faith.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)