Buying Power

Famous quotes containing the words buying and/or power:

    I don’t see the good of a country gentleman. Buying and selling;Mthat’s what the world has to go by.
    Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)

    The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them.
    Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679)