Compact Set Attains

Famous quotes containing the words compact, set and/or attains:

“The powers of the federal government ... result from the compact to which the states are parties, [and are] limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)

“If, while watching the sun set on a used-car lot in Los Angeles, you are struck by the parallels between this image and the inevitable fate of humanity, do not, under any circumstances, write it down.”
—Fran Lebowitz (b. 1950)

“He who attains his ideal, thereby also transcends it”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)