George Canning/president of The Board of Control - 1816-1820

Famous quotes containing the words canning, president, board and/or control:

    A steady patriot of the world alone,
    The friend of every country but his own.
    —George Canning (1770–1827)

    I see the first lady as another means to keep a president from becoming isolated.
    Nancy Reagan (b. 1923)

    Midway the lake we took on board two manly-looking middle-aged men.... I talked with one of them, telling him that I had come all this distance partly to see where the white pine, the Eastern stuff of which our houses are built, grew, but that on this and a previous excursion into another part of Maine I had found it a scarce tree; and I asked him where I must look for it. With a smile, he answered that he could hardly tell me.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    Men who have been raised violently have every reason to believe it is appropriate for them to control others through violence; they feel no compunction over being violent to women, children, and one another.
    Frank Pittman (20th century)