Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man!

-Daniel, Samuel
  'To the Lady Margaret, Countess of Cumberland'.

A little shorter than the Washington monument, erect, elegant, dogmatic, and ironically witty.

-Reston,James B(arrett)
  Of Secretary of State Dean Acheson. Deadline.

If you put a floor under wages and a ceiling over prices, a free man cannot long stand erect.

-Wriston,Walter Bigelow
  Risk and Other Four-LettersWords.