Operative Commonwealth Fed

Famous quotes containing the words operative, commonwealth and/or fed:

    “I think the fall from the farmer to the operative as great and memorable as that from the man to the farmer.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “While the Governor, and the Mayor, and countless officers of the Commonwealth are at large, the champions of liberty are imprisoned.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “The first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall be well housed, clothed, fed and educated till it attains years of discretion.”
    —John Ruskin (1819–1900)