«I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will starve in the process.»

«America is not like a blanket-one piece of unbroken cloth, the same color, the same texture, the same size. America is more like a quilt-many patches, many pieces, many colors, many sizes, all woven and held together by a common thread.»

«America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth.»

«And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses.»

«And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee; / The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle, / And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense, / And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the laver and his foot, / And the cloths of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office, / And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.»

«And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and all his furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and his sockets, / And the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers' skins, and the vail of the covering, / The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat, / The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread, / The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light, / And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door, / The brasen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot, / The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation, / The cloths of service to do service in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons' garments, to minister in the priest's office.»

«And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that the LORD hath commanded; / The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets, / The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, and the vail of the covering, / The table, and his staves, and all his vessels, and the shewbread, / The candlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light, / And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle, / The altar of burnt offering, with his brasen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot, / The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court, / The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords, / The cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office.»

«No man has ever stood the lower in my estimation for having a patch in his cloths; yet I am sure that there is greater anxiety, commonly, to have fashionable, or at least clean and unpatched clothes, than to have a sound conscience»

«Jews and papists are ungodly wretches; they are two stockings made of one piece of cloth»

«Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the half light, I would spread the cloths under your feet: But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have s»