Steadfast Tin Soldier

Famous quotes containing the words steadfast, tin and/or soldier:

“The steadfast shores never once turned aside for us, but still trended as they were made; why then should we always turn aside for them?”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“A ‘spasm band’ is a miscellaneous collection of a soap box, tin cans, pan tops, nails, drumsticks, and little Negro boys. When mixed in the proper proportions this results in the wildest shuffle dancing, accompanied by a bumping rhythm.”
—For the City of New Orleans, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)

“These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.”
—Thomas Paine (1737–1809)