Famous quotes containing the word growing:
“They dance with reluctance, they are growing civilized; the old men
persuade them.”
—Robinson Jeffers (18871962)
“For my part, I have no hesitation in saying that although the American woman never leaves her domestic sphere and is in some respects very dependent within it, nowhere does she enjoy a higher station . . . if anyone asks me what I think the chief cause of the extraordinary prosperity and growing power of this nation, I should answer that it is due to the superiority of their woman.”
—Alexis de Tocqueville (18051859)
“You will perceive by my preaching that I am growing old: it is the privilege of years, and I am sure you will pardon it from the purity of its motives.”
—Thomas Jefferson (17431826)
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