Famous quotes containing the words basis and/or states:
“Association with women is the basis of good manners.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
“If the Soviet Union can give up the Brezhnev Doctrine for the Sinatra Doctrine, the United States can give up the James Monroe Doctrine for the Marilyn Monroe Doctrine: Let’s all go to bed wearing the perfume we like best.”
—Carlos Fuentes (b. 1928)