Famous quotes containing the words military, bishop and/or appointment:
“In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons.”
—Mary McCarthy (1912–1989)
“All the untidy activity continues,
awful but cheerful.”
—Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)
“Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)