Humble Petition

Famous quotes containing the words humble and/or petition:

“Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.”
—Titus Livius (Livy)

“Clay answered the petition by declaring that while he looked on the institution of slavery as an evil, it was ‘nothing in comparison with the far greater evil which would inevitably flow from a sudden and indiscriminate emancipation.’”
—State of Indiana, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)