Controversy and Crusades Dividing East and West
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Famous quotes containing the words east and west, controversy, crusades, dividing, east and/or west:
“My angel,—his name is Freedom,—
Choose him to be your king;
He shall cut pathways east and west,
And fend you with his wing.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Ours was a highly activist administration, with a lot of controversy involved ... but I’m not sure that it would be inconsistent with my own political nature to do it differently if I had it to do all over again.”
—Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)
“During the crusades all were religious mad, and now all are mad for want of it.”
—J.G. (John Gabriel)
“What is a wife and what is a harlot? What is a church and what
Is a theatre? are they two and not one? can they exist separate?
Are not religion and politics the same thing? Brotherhood is religion,
O demonstrations of reason dividing families in cruelty and pride!”
—William Blake (1757–1827)
“From the east to western Inde,
No jewel is like Rosalind.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“This place is the longest running farce in the West End.”
—Cyril Smith (b. 1928)