American Iron

Famous quotes containing the words american and/or iron:

“[The ladies] must be aware that a great evil cannot for a long time, predominate, without, at least, their connivance. Silence is often as effectual an advocate in a cause as eloquence.”
—“Censor,” U.S. women’s magazine contributor. American Ladies Magazine, pp. 337-340 (August, 1828)

“... hurled religiously
Upon your business of humility
Into the iron forestries of hell....”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)