Westward Expansion

Famous quotes containing the words westward and/or expansion:

“Columbus felt the westward tendency more strongly than any before. He obeyed it, and found a New World for Castile and Leon.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“The fundamental steps of expansion that will open a person, over time, to the full flowering of his or her individuality are the same for both genders. But men and women are rarely in the same place struggling with the same questions at the same age.”
—Gail Sheehy (20th century)