Richard II of England/second Crisis of 1397-99

Famous quotes containing the words richard, england and/or crisis:

    So on we worked, and waited for the light,
    And went without the meat, and cursed the bread;
    And Richard Cory, one calm summer night,
    Went home and put a bullet through his head.
    Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935)

    My heart is set.
    All goodly sport
    For my comfort
    Who shall me let?
    Henry VIII, King Of England (1491-1547)

    It gives me the greatest pleasure to say, as I do from the bottom of my heart, that never in the history of the country, in any crisis and under any conditions, have our Jewish fellow citizens failed to live up to the highest standards of citizenship and patriotism.
    William Howard Taft (1857–1930)