Ancient Silk Road

Famous quotes containing the words ancient, silk and/or road:

    “Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.”
    —Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870–1924)

    “Come, let me sing into your ear;
    Those dancing days are gone,
    All that silk and satin gear;
    Crouch upon a stone,
    Wrapping that foul body up
    In as foul a rag....”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “[T]he temple through which alone lies the road to that of Liberty.”
    —James Madison (1751–1836)