Scorched Earth Policy

Famous quotes containing the words scorched, earth and/or policy:

“We have scorched the snake, not killed it:
She’ll close and be herself.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“In a sense the world dies every time a writer dies, because, if he is any good, he has been a wet nurse to humanity during his entire existence and has held earth close around him, like the little obstetrical toad that goes about with a cluster of eggs attached to his legs.”
—E.B. (Elwyn Brooks)

“Make Policy Not Coffee”
—Feminist political button, c. 1970. ?....