Red Cross Societies

Famous quotes containing the words red, cross and/or societies:

    “His breast was deep and white,
    cold and caressable;
    his eyes were red glass,
    much to be desired.”
    —Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)

    “The cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on me. However, few escape that distinction.”
    —Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)

    “There is no human failure greater than to launch a profoundly important endeavour and then leave it half done. This is what the West has done with its colonial system. It shook all the societies in the world loose from their old moorings. But it seems indifferent whether or not they reach safe harbour in the end.”
    —Barbara Ward (1914–1981)