Famous quotes containing the words united states, united, states and/or mission:
“The United States is not a nation to which peace is a necessity.”
—Grover Cleveland (1837–1908)
“The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem.”
—Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
“When some one remarked that, with the addition of a chaplain, it would have been a perfect Cromwellian troop, he observed that he would have been glad to add a chaplain to the list, if he could have found one who could fill that office worthily. It is easy enough to find one for the United States Army. I believe that he had prayers in his camp morning and evening, nevertheless.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“I am succeeding quite well in my work and the future looks well. What special mission is God preparing me for? Cutting off all earthly ties and isolating me as it were.”
—Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards (1842–1911)