Famous quotes containing the words upper and/or creek:
“The first to strike will gain the upper hand.”
—Chinese proverb.
“The only law was that enforced by the Creek Lighthorsemen and the U.S. deputy marshals who paid rare and brief visits; or the two volumes of common law that every man carried strapped to his thighs.”
—State of Oklahoma, U.S. relief program (1935-1943)