Famous quotes containing the words sole, official and/or language:
“Only that film, which fluttered on the grate,
Still flutters there, the sole unquiet thing.”
—Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)
“The honor my country shall never be stained by an apology from me for the statement of truth and the performance of duty; nor can I give any explanation of my official acts except such as is due to integrity and justice and consistent with the principles on which our institutions have been framed.”
—Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)
“So runs my dream: but what am I?
An infant crying in the night;
An infant crying for the light:
And with no language but a cry.”
—Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)