Hold Office

Famous quotes containing the words hold office, hold and/or office:

    The English did not come to America from a mere love of adventure, nor to truck with or convert the savages, nor to hold offices under the crown, as the French to a great extent did, but to live in earnest and with freedom.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    For I had expected always
    Some brightness to hold in trust,
    Some final innocence
    To save from dust;
    Stephen Spender (1909–1995)

    Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor ... over each other.
    Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)