Famous quotes containing the words american, folk and/or art:
“Our decision about energy will test the character of the American people and the ability of the President and the Congress to govern this nation. This difficult effort will be the moral equivalent of war, except that we will be uniting our efforts to build and not to destroy.”
—Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)
“Do you know what a soldier is, young man? Hes the chap who makes it possible for civilised folk to despise war.”
—Allan Massie (b. 1938)
“I prithee, daughter, do not make me mad.
I will not trouble thee, my child; farewell:
Well no more meet, no more see one another.
But yet thou art my flesh, my blood, my daughter
Or rather a disease thats in my flesh,
Which I must needs call mine.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)