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)

    “You went on with your dying.
    Nothing could stop you. Not your son. Not your daughter
    Who fed you and made you into a child again.”
    —Mark Strand (b. 1934)