Government Act Extended

Famous quotes containing the words government, act and/or extended:

    “It doesn’t matter who you vote for, the government always gets in.”
    —Graffiti. London (1970s)

    “And this must be the prime of life . . . I blink,
    As if at pain; for it is pain, to think
    This pantomime
    Of compensating act and counter-act,
    Defeat and counterfeit, makes up, in fact,
    My ablest time.”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    “I have been accustomed to make excursions to the ponds within ten miles of Concord, but latterly I have extended my excursions to the seashore.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)