Famous quotes containing the words state, indian and/or independence:
“If Los Angeles has been called the capital of crackpots and the metropolis of isms, the native Angeleno can not fairly attribute all of the citys idiosyncrasies to the newcomerat least not so long as he consults the crystal ball for guidance in his business dealings and his wife goes shopping downtown in beach pajamas.”
—For the State of California, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“In the woods of Powhatan,
Still tis told by Indian fires
How a daughter of their sires
Saved a captive Englishman.”
—William Makepeace Thackeray (18111863)
“There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no independence quite so important, as living within your means.”
—Calvin Coolidge (18721933)