Famous quotes containing the words general and/or purpose:
“I never saw any people who appeared to live so much without amusement as the Cincinnatians.... Were it not for the churches,... I think there might be a general bonfire of best bonnets, for I never could discover any other use for them.”
—Frances Trollope (1780–1863)
“The purpose of getting power is to be able to give it away.”
—Aneurin Bevan (1897–1960)