Famous quotes containing the words political and/or life:
“How does it become a man to behave toward this American government to-day? I answer, that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it. I cannot for an instant recognize that political organization as my government which is the slave’s government also.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly.”
—Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865)