Famous quotes containing the words mill, valley and/or public:
“The worth of a State, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it ... a State which dwarfs its men, in order that they may be more docile instruments in its hands even for beneficial purposeswill find that with small men no great thing can really be accomplished.”
—John Stuart Mill (18061873)
“In a valley late bees with whining gold
Thread summer to the loose ends of sleep....”
—Allen Tate (18991979)
“Bryan is the least of a liar I know in public life. I have always found him direct and honest, and he never goes back on what he has said to me in privatea rare thing, if found, in public men. I found him purely frank.”
—William Howard Taft (18571930)
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