Arab Independence

Famous quotes containing the words arab and/or independence:

“I saw the Arab map.
It resembled a mare shuffling on,
dragging its history like saddlebags,
nearing its tomb and the pitch of hell.”
—Adonis [Ali Ahmed Said] (b. 1930)

“To drive men from independence to live on alms, is itself great cruelty.”
—Edmund Burke (1729–1797)