Territory Received Present

Famous quotes containing the words territory, received and/or present:

    “A Country is not a mere territory; the particular territory is only its foundation. The Country is the idea which rises upon that foundation; it is the sentiment of love, the sense of fellowship which binds together all the sons of that territory.”
    —Giuseppe Mazzini (1805–1872)

    ““Interesting, but futile,” said his diary,
    Where day by day his movements were recorded
    And nothing but his loves received inquiry....”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    “The flags are natures newly found.
    Rifles grow sharper on the sight.
    There is a rumble of autumnal marching,
    From which no soft sleeve relieves us.
    Fate is the present desperado.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)