Bride Kidnapping/east Asia

Famous quotes containing the words bride, east and/or asia:

    The long, laid minute’s bride drifts on
    Old in her cruel bed.
    Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

    The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation.
    Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881)

    I believe that the fundamental proposition is that we must recognize that the hostilities in Europe, in Africa, and in Asia are all parts of a single world conflict. We must, consequently, recognize that our interests are menaced both in Europe and in the Far East.
    Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)