Famous quotes containing the words important and/or offices:
“For a creative writer possession of the “truth” is less important than emotional sincerity.”
—George Orwell (1903–1950)
“If private men are obliged to perform the offices of government, to protect the weak and dispense justice, then the government becomes only a hired man, or clerk, to perform menial or indifferent services.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)