General Alarm

Famous quotes containing the words general and/or alarm:

“[The Republican Party] consists of those who, believing in the doctrine that mankind are capable of governing themselves and hating hereditary power as an insult to the reason and an outrage to the rights of men, are naturally offended at every public measure that does not appeal to the understanding and to the general interest of the community.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)

“Dignity takes alarm at the unexpected sound of laughter.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)