
„I have considered the pension list of the republic a roll of honor.“
— Grover Cleveland 22nd and 24th president of the United States 1837 - 1908
Veto of Dependent Pension Bill, July 5, 1888
Letter to Theodore Petrasch (12 October 1864)
— Grover Cleveland 22nd and 24th president of the United States 1837 - 1908
Veto of Dependent Pension Bill, July 5, 1888
— W. Cleon Skousen, livro The Naked Communist
The Naked Communist (1958)
— David Dixon Porter United States Navy admiral 1813 - 1891
Fonte: 1880s, Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War (1885), p. 296
— Wilfred Thesiger British explorer 1910 - 2003
Fonte: The Life Of My Choice (1987), p. 273.
— Thomas Edison American inventor and businessman 1847 - 1931
The Philosophy of Paine (1925)
Contexto: Tom Paine has almost no influence on present-day thinking in the United States because he is unknown to the average citizen. Perhaps I might say right here that this is a national loss and a deplorable lack of understanding concerning the man who first proposed and first wrote those impressive words, 'the United States of America.' But it is hardly strange. Paine's teachings have been debarred from schools everywhere and his views of life misrepresented until his memory is hidden in shadows, or he is looked upon as of unsound mind.
We never had a sounder intelligence in this Republic. He was the equal of Washington in making American liberty possible. Where Washington performed Paine devised and wrote. The deeds of one in the Weld were matched by the deeds of the other with his pen.
— Karl Marx German philosopher, economist, sociologist, journalist and revolutionary socialist 1818 - 1883
Comments on the North American Events (1862)
— Махатма Ганди pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism during British-ruled India 1869 - 1948
1940s, To Every Briton (1940)
Contexto: May God give power to every word of mine. In his name I began to write this, and in His name I close it. May your statesman have the wisdom and courage to respond to my appeal. I am telling His Excellency the Viceroy that my services are at the disposal of His Majesty’s Government, should they consider them of any practical use in advancing the object of my appeal.
— Fred Astaire American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer and television presenter 1899 - 1987
Gene Kelly quoted in Shipman, David. The Great Movie Stars, The Golden Years. Crown Publishers, New York. 1970. pp. 25-29 as referenced in Billman, Larry: Fred Astaire - A Bio-bibliography, Greenwood Press, Connecticut, 1997. ISBN 0-313-29010-5 p. 351.
— Christian Scriver German hymnwriter 1629 - 1693
Fonte: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 94.
— Kanan Makiya American orientalist 1949
"Thank you, America", New York Post (April 15, 2003)
— Edward Hirsch 1950
'I was never able to pray'
— Michael Bishop American writer 1945
Fonte: A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire (1975), Chapter 13, “Aftermath: Sarcophagi and Coffins” (p. 249)
— Harry V. Jaffa American historian and collegiate professor 1918 - 2015
2000s, Interview with Peter Robinson (2009)
— Alberto Gonzales 80th United States Attorney General 1955
2006-02-06 Senate Judiciary Committee testimony http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/06/AR2006020600931.html.
— Rutherford B. Hayes American politician, 19th President of the United States (in office from 1877 to 1881) 1822 - 1893
Letter to Lucy Webb Hayes (16 April 1865)
Contexto: As to Mr. Lincoln’s name and fame and memory, — all is safe. His firmness, moderation, goodness of heart; his quaint humor, his perfect honesty and directness of purpose; his logic his modesty his sound judgment, and great wisdom; the contrast between his obscure beginnings and the greatness of his subsequent position and achievements; his tragic death, giving him almost the crown of martyrdom, elevate him to a place in history second to none other of ancient or modern times. His success in his great office, his hold upon the confidence and affections of his countrymen, we shall all say are only second to Washington’s; we shall probably feel and think that they are not second even to his.
— Alexandre Dumas, livro O Conde de Monte Cristo
Fonte: The Count of Monte Cristo
— Jill Ciment Canadian writer 1955
Fonte: The Tattoo Artist