Famous quotes containing the words greek and/or government:
“I am not a Catholic; but I consider the Christian idea, which has its roots in Greek thought and in the course of the centuries has nourished all of our European civilization, as something that one cannot renounce without becoming degraded.”
—Simone Weil (1909–1943)
“The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)