Famous quotes containing the words standard, consists and/or solely:
“Liberty requires opportunity to make a living—a living decent according to the standard of the time, a living which gives a man not only enough to live by, but something to live for.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)
“Average American’s simplest and commonest form of breakfast consists of coffee and beefsteak.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)
“Children’s lives are not shaped solely by their families or immediate surroundings at large. That is why we must avoid the false dichotomy that says only government or only family is responsible. . . . Personal values and national policies must both play a role.”
—Hillary Rodham Clinton (20th century)