Famous quotes containing the words license and/or plates:
“It is a misfortune that necessity has induced men to accord greater license to this formidable engine, in order to obtain liberty, than can be borne with less important objects in view; for the press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master.”
—James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851)
“Realms and islands were
As plates dropped from his pocket.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)