Central Pacific

Central Pacific may refer to:

  • Central Pacific Railroad, the western part of the Transcontinental Railroad in the United States
  • Central Pacific Area, a subdivision of the Pacific Ocean Areas, an Allied military command in World War II
  • Central Pacific languages, a branch of the Oceanic languages

Famous quotes containing the words central and/or pacific:

    “In inner-party politics, these methods lead, as we shall yet see, to this: the party organization substitutes itself for the party, the central committee substitutes itself for the organization, and, finally, a “dictator” substitutes himself for the central committee.”
    —Leon Trotsky (1879–1940)

    “We, the lineal representatives of the successful enactors of one scene of slaughter after another, must, whatever more pacific virtues we may also possess, still carry about with us, ready at any moment to burst into flame, the smoldering and sinister traits of character by means of which they lived through so many massacres, harming others, but themselves unharmed.”
    —William James (1842–1910)