Quotes in American History
In 1957 this Teamsters president said, "I do to others what they do to me, only worse"
La Boheme
Paris
This Rome landmark is 620 feet long by 513 wide--plenty of room to run away from a wild beast
The Colosseum
The origin of "smart as" this referred to the pain caused by its lash
a whip
Macbeth:
1040 to 1057
In March 1917 former president Teddy Roosevelt said this country "is already at war with us"
Germany
"Der Rosenkavalier"
Vienna
Gamblers will love to know that the Hotel Yak & Yeti in this Nepalese capital houses the 2-story Casino Royale
Kathmandu
This phrase meaning "to admit defeat" comes from boxing, where a trainer does it to stop the fight
Throw in the towel
Haile Selassie:
1930 to 1974
Ethiopia
For working on the family homestead, Lincoln called it "that most useful instrument"
an axe
"Carmen"
Seville
This island's Mataveri Intl. Airport, the world's most remote, is serviced only by Chile's LAN Airlines
Easter Island
A Thomas Gray poem says, "Where" this "is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise"
ignorance
John III Sobieski:
1674 to 1696
Poland
The signers of this 1620 document pledged to "combine our selves togeather into a civill body politick"
the mayflower compact
"Die Meistersinger"
Nuremberg
Beautiful Margaret Island in this river has been a Budapest park for more than 100 years
The Danube
This 2-word term for first prize comes from what serves as the badge of Britain's Order of the Garter
blue ribbon
Umberto I:
1878 to 1900
Italy
In a 1776 letter to Robert Morris, he wrote, "Without a respectable navy--alas! America!"
John Paul Jones
"The Italian Girl in..."
Algiers
You can buy samples of this fossilized resin at a museum devoted to it in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
amber
This type of victory in which the losses are ruinous is named for a cousin of Alexander the Great
a Pyrrhic victory
Canute IV (& later "the Holy"):
1080 to 1086
Denmark