Arlington County

Famous quotes containing the words arlington and/or county:

“For through it all—above, beyond it all—
I know the far-sent message of the years,
I feel the coming glory of the Light.”
—Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935)

“It would astonish if not amuse, the older citizens of your County who twelve years ago knew me a stranger, friendless, uneducated, penniless boy, working on a flat boat—at ten dollars per month to learn that I have been put down here as the candidate of pride, wealth, and aristocratic family distinction.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)