Famous quotes containing the words ugly and/or american:
“The Green-Eyed Monster causes much woe, but the absence of this ugly serpent argues the presence of a corpse whose name is Eros.”
—Minna Antrim (b. 1861)
“How does it become a man to behave toward this American government to-day? I answer, that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it. I cannot for an instant recognize that political organization as my government which is the slaves government also.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)