Democratic Hold

Famous quotes containing the words democratic and/or hold:

    “All the isms are wasms—except one, the most powerful ism of this century, indeed, of the entire democratic age, which is nationalism.”
    —John Lukacs (b. 1924)

    “Once did She hold the gorgeous East in fee;
    And was the safeguard of the West:”
    —William Wordsworth (1770–1850)