Red Cross Societies

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

    “From behind the red gates comes the stink of wine and meat, while along the road sides lie the bones of the frozen dead.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “As I was going by Charing Cross,
    I saw a black man upon a black horse;
    They told me it was King Charles the First—”
    —Unknown. As I was going by Charing Cross (l. 1–3)

    “All societies on the verge of death are masculine. A society can survive with only one man; no society will survive a shortage of women.”
    —Germaine Greer (b. 1939)