National Convention Held

Famous quotes containing the words national, convention and/or held:

    “[D]rilling and arming, when carried on on a national scale, excite whole populations to frenzies which end in war.”
    —Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)

    “The metaphor of the king as the shepherd of his people goes back to ancient Egypt. Perhaps the use of this particular convention is due to the fact that, being stupid, affectionate, gregarious, and easily stampeded, the societies formed by sheep are most like human ones.”
    —Northrop Frye (b. 1912)

    “Victory comes late—
    And is held low to freezing lips—
    Too rapt with frost
    To take it—”
    —Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)