Proclaimed Grand Duke

Famous quotes containing the words proclaimed, grand and/or duke:

“I cannot think of punishing him ... merely for coveting that liberty for which we have paid the price of so much blood, and have proclaimed so often to be the right, and worthy pursuit of every human being.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)

“The grand style is available now only in old poems, museums, and parodies.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

“A fully equipped duke costs as much to keep up as two Dreadnoughts, and dukes are just as great a terror—and they last longer.”
—David Lloyd George (1863–1945)