National Capital

Famous quotes containing the words national and/or capital:

“America is a nation with no truly national city, no Paris, no Rome, no London, no city which is at once the social center, the political capital, and the financial hub.”
—C. Wright Mills (1916–1962)

“That monstrous tuberosity of civilised life, the capital of England.”
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)