Famous quotes containing the words bond, election and/or passed:
“They lived under a just and moderate government, and they admitted that one bond of their fidelity was that their rulers were the better men.”
—Titus Livius (Livy)
“The election makes me think of a story of a man who was dying. He had only two minutes to live, so he sent for a clergyman and asked him, “Where is the best place to go to?” He was undecided about it. So the minister told him that each place had its advantages—heaven for climate, and hell for society.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)
“Fate then is a name for facts not yet passed under the fire of thought;Mfor causes which are unpenetrated.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)