Governor - Holy Roman/ Habsburg Empires and Successor States

Famous quotes containing the words holy, roman, empires, successor and/or states:

“Most holy Satyr,
like a goat,
with horns and hooves
to match thy coat
of russet brown.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

“A Roman divorced from his wife, being highly blamed by his friends, who demanded, “Was she not chaste? Was she not fair? Was she not fruitful?” holding out his shoe, asked them whether it was not new and well made. “Yet,” added he, “none of you can tell where it pinches me.””
—Plutarch (c. 46–120 A.D.)

“The reluctant obedience of distant provinces generally costs more than it [the territory] is worth. Empires which branch out widely are often more flourishing for a little timely pruning.”
—Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859)

“The name of a successor is like the tolling of my own death-bell!”
—Elizabeth I (1533–1603)

“The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonders of the Western World. No First World country has ever managed to eliminate so entirely from its media all objectivity—much less dissent.”
—Gore Vidal (b. 1925)