Closest Capital

Famous quotes containing the words closest and/or capital:

“It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things we have always carried closest to our hearts.”
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)

“I should not regret a fair and full trial of the entire abolition of capital punishment.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)