English Song Originally

Famous quotes containing the words english, song and/or originally:

    “Would it be possible to stand still on one spot more majestically—while simulating a triumphant march forward—than it is done by the two English Houses of Parliament?”
    —Alexander Herzen (1812–1870)

    “Tell her that goes
    With song upon her lips
    But sings not out the song, nor knows
    The maker of it, some other mouth,
    May be as fair as hers,”
    —Ezra Pound (1885–1972)

    “If all power is in the people, if there is no higher law than their will, and if by counting their votes, their will may be ascertained—then the people may entrust all their power to anyone, and the power of the pretender and the usurper is then legitimate. It is not to be challenged since it came originally from the sovereign people.”
    —Walter Lippmann (1889–1974)