Famous quotes containing the words power and/or saving:
“it is a power of
strong enchantment. It
is like the dove-
neck animated by
sun; it is memorys eye;
its conscientious inconsistency.”
—Marianne Moore (18871972)
“A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation.”
—Thomas Jefferson (17431826)