Famous quotes containing the words van buren, van, buren and/or state:
““Mr. Van Buren, your friends may be leaving you—but my friends never leave me.””
—Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)
“The legend of Felix is ended, the toiling of Felix is done;
The Master has paid him his wages, the goal of his journey is won;
He rests, but he never is idle; a thousand years pass like a day,
In the glad surprise of Paradise where work is sweeter than play.”
—Henry Van Dyke (1852–1933)
“There is no end to the undeserved misery and mischief it could create.”
—Abigail Van Buren (b. 1918)
“The only thing that was dispensed free to the old New Bedford whalemen was a Bible. A well-known owner of one of that city’s whaling fleets once described the Bible as the best cheap investment a shipowner could make.”
—For the State of Massachusetts, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)