Consul/later Modern Republics

Famous quotes containing the words consul, modern and/or republics:

    I wouldn’t think of asking you to lie; you haven’t the necessary diplomatic training.
    —John Farrow. Consul in Valparaiso, The Sea Chase (1955)

    Not “Seeing is Believing” you ninny, but “Believing is Seeing.” For modern art has become completely literary: the paintings and other works exist only to illustrate the text.
    Tom Wolfe (b. 1931)

    It is, said Gargantua, as Plato said ... that republics will be happy when kings philosophize or philosophers reign.
    François Rabelais (1494–1553)