Liberty Bell/becoming A Symbol 1847%e2%80%931865

Famous quotes containing the words liberty, bell and/or symbol:

    “The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.”
    —Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

    “The one who should remove the bell is the one who hung it up.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “A pool is, for many of us in the West, a symbol not of affluence but of order, of control over the uncontrollable. A pool is water, made available and useful, and is, as such, infinitely soothing to the western eye.”
    —Joan Didion (b. 1934)