Increased Pension Raises

Famous quotes containing the words increased, pension and/or raises:

“As liberty and intelligence have increased the people have more and more revolted against the theological dogmas that contradict common sense and wound the tenderest sensibilities of the soul.”
—Catherine E. Beecher (1800–1878)

“It is a sort of ranger service. Arnold’s expedition is a daily experience with these settlers. They can prove that they were out at almost any time; and I think that all the first generation of them deserve a pension more than any that went to the Mexican war.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“What raises great poetry above all else—it is the entire person and also the entire world.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)