Procession/history

Famous quotes containing the words procession and/or history:

“Its imaginary value will increase with the years, and if he [his grandson-in-law] lives to my age, or another half century, he may see it carried in the procession of our nation’s birthday, as the relics of the saints are in those of the church.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

“Every literary critic believes he will outwit history and have the last word.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)