Russian Empire Order

Famous quotes containing the words russian, empire and/or order:

    “Watching a woman make Russian pancakes, you might think that she was calling on the spirits or extracting from the batter the philosopher’s stone.”
    —Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)

    “Ce corps qui s’appelait et qui s’appelle encore le saint empire romain n’était en aucune manière ni saint, ni romain, ni empire. This agglomeration which called itself and still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire was in no way holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.”
    —Voltaire [François Marie Arouet] (1694–1778)

    “Judicial judgment must take deep account ... of the day before yesterday in order that yesterday may not paralyze today.”
    —Felix Frankfurter (1882–1965)