Famous quotes containing the words land, force and/or command:
“The land may vary more;
But wherever the truth may be
The water comes ashore,
And the people look at the sea.”
—Robert Frost (18741963)
“The difference between a photograph and even the most realistic paintingsay, one of Courbets landscapesis that in the latter there has been selection, emphasis and some discreet distortion. The painters deep instinctive feeling for mass and force has rearranged everything.”
—Gerald Branan (18941987)
“It is manifest therefore that they who have sovereign power, are immediate rulers of the church under Christ, and all others but subordinate to them. If that were not, but kings should command one thing upon pain of death, and priests another upon pain of damnation, it would be impossible that peace and religion should stand together.”
—Thomas Hobbes (15791688)