Year Published

Famous quotes containing the words year and/or published:

    “Every year without knowing it I have passed the day
    When the last fires will wave to me”
    —William Stanley Merwin (b. 1927)

    “Ignorance, forgetfulness, or contempt of the rights of man are the only causes of public misfortunes and of the corruption of governments.”
    —French National Assembly. Declaration of the Rights of Man (drafted and discussed Aug. 1789, published Sept. 1791)