Famous quotes containing the word basis:
“The basis of political economy is non-interference. The only safe rule is found in the self-adjusting meter of demand and supply. Do not legislate. Meddle, and you snap the sinews with your sumptuary laws.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)
“Brutus. How many times shall Caesar bleed in sport,
That now on Pompeys basis lies along,
No worthier than the dust!
Cassius. So oft as that shall be,
So often shall the knot of us be called
The men that gave their country liberty.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“Association with women is the basis of good manners.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (17491832)
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