American Race Walking

Famous quotes containing the words american, race and/or walking:

    Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others.
    William Jennings Bryan (1860–1925)

    Like a tale of little meaning though the words are strong;
    Chanted from an ill-used race of men that cleave the soil,
    Sow the seed, and reap the harvest with enduring toil,
    Storing yearly little dues of wheat, and wine and oil;
    Till they perish and they suffer—some, ‘tis
    whispered—down in hell
    Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)

    O Lord! I don’t know which is the worst of the country, the walking or the sitting at home with nothing to do.
    George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)