Famous quotes containing the words thomas jefferson, thomas, jefferson, haitian and/or period:
“The cutting of heads is become so much a la mode, that one is apt to feel of a morning whether their own is on their shoulders.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
“The seed-at-zero shall not storm
That town of ghosts, the trodden womb
With her rampart to his tapping....”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)
“It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
“The egg is back. The egg is back.”
—Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haitian president. New York Times, p. 10A (September 6, 1994)
“There is a period near the beginning of every man’s life when he has little to cling to except his unmanageable dream, little to support him except good health, and nowhere to go but all over the place.”
—E.B. (Elwyn Brooks)