Union Civil Service

Famous quotes containing the words union, civil and/or service:

    “If the Union is once severed, the line of separation will grow wider and wider, and the controversies which are now debated and settled in the halls of legislation will then be tried in fields of battle and determined by the sword.”
    —Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)

    “At Hayes’ General Store, west of the cemetery, hangs an old army rifle, used by a discouraged Civil War veteran to end his earthly troubles. The grocer took the rifle as payment ‘on account.’”
    —Administration for the State of Con, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)

    “Television could perform a great service in mass education, but there’s no indication its sponsors have anything like this on their minds.”
    —Tallulah Bankhead (1903–1968)