25 Quotes About Monuments

  • Author Connor Towne O'Neill
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    In that way, they [monuments] are a reflection of the times in which they are erected as much as they are a reflection of the times they seek to commemorate. You can think of them, Alderman went on, as monuments to the power of the people who erect them, rather than as solely of the person depicted.

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  • Author Daniel Derrick Mwesigye
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    If I had the true colours to describe what I feel for you, I wouldn't waste time stringing beads of words... Instead I would run to kiss you and leave monuments on you:-pyramids on your lips, the Taj Mahal on your skin, and the Eiffel tower in your heart.NOTESEUM | A storm I chased

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  • Author Tony Horwitz
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    I've been here in Richmond for six years and I still don't get it. To me, having the principal Richmond monuments dedicated to the Lost Cause is like saying we're dedicated to no hope, no future. It's like having a monument to unrequited love.

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