Jefferson Avenue South

Famous quotes containing the words jefferson, avenue and/or south:

    “No stile of writing is so delightful as that which is all pith, which never omits a necessary word, nor uses an unnecessary one.”
    —Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

    “Along the avenue of cypresses,
    All in their scarlet cloaks and surplices
    Of linen, go the chanting choristers,
    The priests in gold and black, the villagers. . . .”
    —D.H. (David Herbert)

    “Only let the North exert as much moral influence over the South, as the South has exerted demoralizing influence over the North, and slavery would die amid the flame of Christian remonstrance, and faithful rebuke, and holy indignation.”
    —Angelina Grimké (1805–1879)