“It is the right of a gallant and brave spirit to look for a noble reward, not a slavish and hireling price.”— Scipio Africanus
“Masculinity is not something given to you, but something you gain. And you gain it by winning small battles with honor.”— Norman Mailer
“It is a sad day for our city when a Negro hero, a Nobel Prize winner, cannot be honored in his own hometown.”— Ivan Allen Jr.
“I have been informed in this city that you have said that you could insult me with impunity.”— James Barron
“I was no chief and never had been, but because I had been more deeply wronged than others, this honor was conferred upon me, and I resolved to prove worthy of the trust.”— Geronimo
“I trust the meticulous care I took... will exonerate me from any charge of wanting to rob Mr. Quadra of the honour.”— George Vancouver