Command Entire Period

Famous quotes containing the words command, entire and/or period:

    “Under bare Ben Bulben’s head
    In Drumcliff churchyard Yeats is laid.
    An ancestor was rector there
    Long years ago, a church stands near,
    By the road an ancient cross.
    No marble, no conventional phrase;
    On limestone quarried near the spot
    By his command these words are cut:
    Cast a cold eye
    On life, on death.
    Horseman pass by!”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “I should not regret a fair and full trial of the entire abolition of capital punishment.”
    —James Madison (1751–1836)

    “... there has never been a period in history when there have been necessary killings which has not been instantly followed by a period when there have been unnecessary killings.”
    —Rebecca West (1892–1983)