Due West

Famous quotes containing the words due west, due and/or west:

    Olivia. There lies your way, due west.
    Viola. Then westward ho!
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    For my part, I have no hesitation in saying that although the American woman never leaves her domestic sphere and is in some respects very dependent within it, nowhere does she enjoy a higher station . . . if anyone asks me what I think the chief cause of the extraordinary prosperity and growing power of this nation, I should answer that it is due to the superiority of their woman.
    Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859)

    ... 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)