Famous quotes containing the words bacon and/or number:
“God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.”
—Francis Bacon (1561–1626)
“The two great points of difference between a democracy and a republic are: first, the delegation of the government, in the latter, to a small number of citizens elected by the rest; secondly, the greater number of citizens and greater sphere of country over which the latter may be extended.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)