Famous quotes containing the words rifle and/or history:
“At Hayes’ General Store, west of the cemetery, hangs an old army rifle, used by a discouraged Civil War veteran to end his earthly troubles. The grocer took the rifle as payment ‘on account.’”
—Administration for the State of Con, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“Revolutions are the periods of history when individuals count most.”
—Norman Mailer (b. 1923)