Famous quotes containing the words british, columbia, conservative and/or party:
“The inhabitants of St. John’s and vicinity are described by an English traveler as “singularly unprepossessing,” and before completing his period he adds, “besides, they are generally very much disaffected to the British crown.” I suspect that that “besides” should have been a “because.””
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The young women, what can they not learn, what can they not achieve, with Columbia University annex thrown open to them? In this great outlook for women’s broader intellectual development I see the great sunburst of the future.”
—M. E. W. Sherwood (1826–1903)
“I never dared be radical when young
For fear it would make me conservative when old.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“Party honesty is party duty, and party courage is party expediency.”
—Grover Cleveland (1837–1908)