Propose

Famous quotes containing the word propose:

“The three great ends which a statesman ought to propose to himself in the government of a nation, are,—1. Security to possessors; 2. Facility to acquirers; and, 3. Hope to all.”
—Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)

“Gentlemen don’t propose when they’re eating.”
—Arthur Wimperis (1874–1953)

“To enlist the support of the people and of parliament, you only have to propose a profitable villainy.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)