Base Ground Defense

Famous quotes containing the words base, ground and/or defense:

    “And all the popular statesmen say
    That purity built up the State
    And after kept it from decay;
    Admonish us to cling to that
    And let all base ambition be,
    For intellect would make us proud....”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “If you are looking down while you are walking it is better to walk up hill the ground is nearer.”
    —Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)

    “For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.”
    —Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.)