Famous quotes containing the words reach and/or number:
“Democracy! Bah! When I hear that word I reach for my feather Boa!”
—Allen Ginsberg (b. 1926)
“The two great points of difference between a democracy and a republic are: first, the delegation of the government, in the latter, to a small number of citizens elected by the rest; secondly, the greater number of citizens and greater sphere of country over which the latter may be extended.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)