Northwest Missouri State

Famous quotes containing the words northwest, missouri and/or state:

    “I got my first clear view of Ktaadn, on this excursion, from a hill about two miles northwest of Bangor, whither I went for this purpose. After this I was ready to return to Massachusetts.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known.”
    —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

    “What thou art is mine;
    Our state cannot be severed, we are one,
    One flesh; to lose thee were to lose myself.”
    —John Milton (1608–1674)