Infinite Descending Chains

Famous quotes containing the words infinite, descending and/or chains:

    He that will consider the infinite power, wisdom, and goodness of the Creator of all things, will find reason to think it was not all laid out upon so inconsiderable, mean, and impotent a creature as he will find man to be; who, in all probability, is one of the lowest of all intellectual beings.
    John Locke (1632–1704)

    The sun of her [Great Britain] glory is fast descending to the horizon. Her philosophy has crossed the Channel, her freedom the Atlantic, and herself seems passing to that awful dissolution, whose issue is not given human foresight to scan.
    Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

    He that is taken and put into prison or chains is not conquered, though overcome; for he is still an enemy.
    Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679)