"If there was anything "new and better" about America it was the hope of peace—of peace on a more secure, vaster, continental scale than had ever been tried or attempted before. Oceans to the east and west of her, arid wilderness to the south, and the self-same friendly people to the north—the nation could not be seriously threatened by anything but disturbance from within."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Ch. 5
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Hervey_Allen
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Hervey Allen
William Hervey Allen Jr. (December 8, 1889 – December 28, 1949) was an American educator, poet, and writer. He is best known for his work Anthony Adverse (made into a 1936 movie of the same name).
21 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Hervey Allen →
Related Quotes
"I lay there in the river for a minute and gave up. When you do that something dies inside."
"Here the Frenchman, Spaniard, and Englishman all passed, leaving each his legend; and a brilliant and more or less fe…"
"Local color has a fatal tendency to remain local; but it is also true that the universal often borders on the void."
"Legends are material to be moulded, and not facts to be recorded."
"Christ Jesus, when I come to die Grant me a clean, sweet, summer sky, Without the mad wind's panther cry. Send me a l…"
"Mornings, the flower-women hawk their wares— Bronze caryatids of a genial race, Bearing the bloom-heaped baskets on t…"
"Between the villages of Aubière and Romagnat in the ancient Province of Auvergne there is an old road that comes sudd…"
"Every new generation...is a fresh invasion of savages."
"Religions change; beer and wine remain."
"Grow up as soon as you can. It pays. The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty, provided of course …"