Famous quotes containing the words roman and/or church:
“The descendants of Holy Roman Empire monarchies became feeble-minded in the twentieth century, and after World War I had been done in by the democracies; some were kept on to entertain the tourists, like the one they have in England.”
—Ishmael Reed (b. 1938)
“Religion stands, the Church blocking the sun.”
—Stephen Spender (1909–1995)