Red Cross Societies

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

    “The dog-wood breaks white
    The pear-tree has caught
    The apple is a red blaze
    The peach has already withered its own leaves
    The wild plum-tree is alight.”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

    “It was mankind that hung on the cross for two thousand years: and a terrible god practiced his cruelty and called it “love.””
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    “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)