Weaker Central Government

Famous quotes containing the words weaker, central and/or government:

    “By weaker accents, what’s your praise
    When Philomel her voice doth raise?”
    —Sir Henry Wotton (1568–1639)

    “In inner-party politics, these methods lead, as we shall yet see, to this: the party organization substitutes itself for the party, the central committee substitutes itself for the organization, and, finally, a “dictator” substitutes himself for the central committee.”
    —Leon Trotsky (1879–1940)

    “Personal rights, universally the same, demand a government framed on the ratio of the census: property demands a government framed on the ratio of owners and of owning.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)