Favour

Famous quotes containing the word favour:

“No one has needed favours more than I, and generally, few have been less unwilling to accept them; but in this case, favour to me, would be injustice to the public, and therefore I must beg your pardon for declining it.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

“It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favour of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion.”
—W.R. (William Ralph)

“His Majesty’s Government views with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.”
—A.J. (Arthur James)