I have fallen in love with American names, the sharp, gaunt names that never get fat.
Stephen Vincent BenetGrant us a common faith that we shall know bread and peace-that we shall know justice and righteousness, freedom and security, an equal opportunity and an equal chance to do our best not only in our own lands, but throughout the world. And in that faith let us march toward the clean world our hands can make.
Stephen Vincent BenetAs for what you're calling hard luck - well, we made New England out of it. That and codfish.
Stephen Vincent BenetDefeat is a fact and victory can be a fact. If the idea is good, it will survive defeat, it may even survive the victory.
Stephen Vincent Benet