Famous quotes containing the words major, land and/or reform:
“What was lost in the European cataclysm was not only the Jewish pastthe whole life of a civilizationbut also a major share of the Jewish future.... [ellipsis in source] It was not only the intellect of a people in its prime that was excised, but the treasure of a people in its potential.”
—Cynthia Ozick (b. 1928)
“Every time we get near the land you get that look on your face. When a man goes to sea, he ought to give up thinking about things on shore. Land dont want him no more. Ive had me share of things go wrong and all come from the land. Now Im through with the land and the lands through with me.”
—Dudley Nichols (18951960)
“... most reform movements in our country have been cursed by a lunatic fringe and have mingled sound ideas for social progress with utopian nonsense.”
—Agnes E. Meyer (18871970)