10 quotes found
“The silver swan, who, living had no note, When death approached unlocked her silent throat.”
“I would consider all of the legislation which I have supported meaningless if I were to sit idly by, silent, during a period which may go down in history as an era when we permitted the curtailment...”
“Once we know of atrocities we cannot remain silent, and knowledge inevitably leads to an urge to protect the innocent.”
“Designs in connection with postage stamps and coinage may be described, I think, as the silent ambassadors on national taste.”
“Those who condemn gay marriage, yet are silent or indifferent to the breakdown of marriage and divorce, are, in my view, missing the real issue.”
“It is difficult to discern a serious threat to religious liberty from a room of silent, thoughtful schoolchildren.”
“The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.”
“Hope will never be silent.”
“During war, the laws are silent.”
“I hated the bangs in the war: I always felt a silent war would be more tolerable.”
