Famous quotes containing the words american and/or poem:
“The truth is, I do not want that office. When the American people choose a President they require him to remain awake four years. I have come to a time in life when I need my sleep.”
—Grover Cleveland (1837–1908)
“The great poem must have the stamp of greatness as well as its essence.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)