Command

Famous quotes containing the word command:

“But, to speak practically and as a citizen, unlike those who call themselves no-government men, I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government. Let every man make known what kind of government would command his respect, and that will be one step toward obtaining it.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“By his command these words are cut:
Cast a cold eye
On life, on death.
Horseman, pass by!”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

“If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.”
—Bible: New Testament, Matthew 4:3.

Tempter to Jesus.