American Iron

Famous quotes containing the words american and/or iron:

“How does it become a man to behave toward this American government to-day? I answer, that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it. I cannot for an instant recognize that political organization as my government which is the slave’s government also.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)