Extinction Level Event

Famous quotes containing the words extinction, level and/or event:

“I wish all men to be free. I wish the material prosperity of the already free which I feel sure the extinction of slavery would bring.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

“Even a nine story pagoda must be built up level by level.”
—Chinese proverb.

“An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.”
—Edmund Burke (1729–1797)