Emphatic State

Famous quotes containing the words emphatic and/or state:

    Over emphatic negatives always suggest that what is being denied may be what is really being asserted.
    Jonathan Raban (b. 1942)

    In the Corner Store, near the village center, hangs a large sign reading: ‘After 40 years of credit business, we have closed our book of Sorrow.’
    —For the State of Maine, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)