Warring States

Famous quotes containing the words warring and/or states:

    “Where are now the warring kings,
    Word be-mockers? By the Rood
    Where are now the warring kings?
    An idle word is now their glory,
    By the stammering schoolboy said....”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.”
    —William McKinley (1843–1901)