Famous quotes containing the words land, force and/or command:
“Over the land freckled with snow half-thawed
The speculating rooks at their nests cawed”
—Edward Thomas (18781917)
“The force of a death should be enormous but how can you know what kind of man youve killed or who was the braver and stronger if you have to peer through layers of glass that deliver the image but obscure the meaning of the act? War has a conscience or its ordinary murder.”
—Don Delillo (b. 1926)
“Universal empire is the prerogative of a writer. His concerns are with all mankind, and though he cannot command their obedience, he can assign them their duty. The Republic of Letters is more ancient than monarchy, and of far higher character in the world than the vassal court of Britain.”
—Thomas Paine (17371809)
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