Sting/people

Famous quotes containing the words sting and/or people:

    A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.
    Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

    It is the manners and spirit of a people which preserves a republic in vigour. A degeneracy in these is a canker which soon eats to the heart of its laws and constitution.
    Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)