Snake Country

Famous quotes containing the words snake and/or country:

“People can be as greedy as a snake trying to swallow an elephant.”
—Chinese proverb.

“The two great points of difference between a democracy and a republic are: first, the delegation of the government, in the latter, to a small number of citizens elected by the rest; secondly, the greater number of citizens and greater sphere of country over which the latter may be extended.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)