Peter Rochegune Munch/foreign Minister 1929-1940

Famous quotes containing the words peter, munch, foreign and/or minister:

    “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper;
    A peck of pickled pepper Peter Piper picked.
    If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper,
    Where’s the peck of pickled pepper Peter Piper picked?”
    —Mother Goose (fl. 17th–18th century. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers (l. 1–4)

    “I have no fear of photography as long as it cannot be used in heaven and in hell.”
    —Edward Munch (1863–1944)

    “I sincerely hope that the incoming Congress will be alive, as it should be, to the importance of our foreign trade and of encouraging it in every way feasible. The possibility of increasing this trade in the Orient, in the Philippines, and in South America is known to everyone who has given the matter attention.”
    —William Howard Taft (1857–1930)

    “Just let him be minister if that’s what he desires, but without his brother and his brother-in-law.”
    —Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)