Closely Allied Species

Famous quotes containing the words closely, allied and/or species:

    “[Government’s] true strength consists in leaving individuals and states as much as possible to themselves—in making itself felt, not in its power, but in its beneficence, not in its control, but in its protection, not in binding the states more closely to the center, but leaving each to move unobstructed in its proper orbit.”
    —Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)

    “It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.”
    —James Baldwin (1924–1987)

    “Any reading not of a vicious species must be a good substitute for the amusements too apt to fill up the leisure of the labouring classes.”
    —James Madison (1751–1836)