Stress Accent

Famous quotes containing the words stress and/or accent:

    “While ... we cannot and must not hide our concern for grave world dangers, and while, at the same time, we cannot build walls around ourselves and hide our heads in the sand, we must go forward with all our strength to stress and to strive for international peace. In this effort America must and will protect herself.”
    —Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)

    “The accent of a man’s native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.”
    —François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)