Foundation

Famous quotes containing the word foundation:

“Surely the only sound foundation for a civilization is a sound state of mind.”
—E.M. (Edward Morgan)

“To apologize is to lay the foundation for a future offense.”
—Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914)

“In a country where misery and want were the foundation of the social structure, famine was periodic, death from starvation common, disease pervasive, thievery normal, and graft and corruption taken for granted, the elimination of these conditions in Communist China is so striking that negative aspects of the new rule fade in relative importance.”
—Barbara Tuchman (1912–1989)