Famous quotes containing the words year and/or flood:
“each year we see
Breeds new beginnings, disappointments new;”
—Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)
“I am advised that there is an unexpended balance of about $45,000 of the fund appropriated for the relief of the sufferers by flood upon the Mississippi River and its tributaries, and I recommend that authority be given to use this fund to meet the most urgent necessities of the poorer people in Oklahoma.”
—Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901)