Receive Armies

Famous quotes containing the words receive and/or armies:

    It was his nature to suppose,
    To receive what others had supposed, without
    Accepting. He received what he denied.
    But as truth to be accepted, he supposed
    A truth beyond all truths.
    Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny; flattery to treachery; standing armies to arbitrary government; and the glory of God to the temporal interest of the clergy.
    David Hume (1711–1776)