Catholic War Council

Famous quotes containing the words catholic, war and/or council:

    “The Catholic and the Communist are alike in assuming that an opponent cannot be both honest and intelligent.”
    —George Orwell (1903–1950)

    “God grant we may not have a European war thrust upon us, and for such a stupid reason too, no I don’t mean stupid, but to have to go to war on account of tiresome Servia beggars belief.”
    —Mary (1867–1953)

    “Daughter to that good Earl, once President
    Of England’s Council and her Treasury,
    Who lived in both, unstain’d with gold or fee,
    And left them both, more in himself content.

    Till the sad breaking of that Parliament
    Broke him, as that dishonest victory
    At Chaeronea, fatal to liberty,
    Kill’d with report that old man eloquent;—”
    —John Milton (1608–1674)