Famous quotes containing the words hunger, relief and/or week:
“It takes a heap o livin in a house t make it home,
A heap o sun an shadder, an ye sometimes have t roam
Afore ye really preciate the things ye lef behind,
An hunger fer em somehow, with em allus on yer mind.”
—Edgar Albert Guest (18811959)
“In one notable instance, where the United States Army and a hundred years of persuasion failed, a highway has succeeded. The Seminole Indians surrendered to the Tamiami Trail. From the Everglades the remnants of this race emerged, soon after the trail was built, to set up their palm-thatched villages along the road and to hoist tribal flags as a lure to passing motorists.”
—For the State of Florida, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“[When asked: If women voted, would they not have to sit on juries?:] Many women would be glad of a chance to sit on anything. There are women who stand up and wash six days in the week at 75 cents a day who would like to take a vacation and sit on a jury at $1.50.”
—Anna Howard Shaw (18471919)