Sovereign Bonds

Famous quotes containing the words sovereign and/or bonds:

    ‘tis a duteous thing
    To show all honor to an earthly king;
    —Unknown. Yet if His Majesty, Our Sovereign Lord (l. 21–22)

    For, truly speaking, whoever provokes me to a good act or thought has given me a pledge of his fidelity to virtue,—he has come under the bonds to adhere to that cause to which we are jointly attached.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)