Famous quotes containing the words north and/or territorial:
“Here, the flag snaps in the glare and silence
Of the unbroken ice. I stand here,
The dogs bark, my beard is black, and I stare
At the North Pole. . .
And now what? Why, go back.
Turn as I please, my step is to the south.”
—Randall Jarrell (19141965)
“All the territorial possessions of all the political establishments in the earthincluding America, of courseconsist of pilferings from other peoples wash.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (18351910)