Clan Originated

Famous quotes containing the words clan and/or originated:

    It has now become the doctrine of a large clan of politicians that political honesty is unnecessary, slow, subversive of a man’s interests, and incompatible with quick onward movement.
    Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)

    Who originated that most exquisite of inquisitions, the condolence system?
    Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1844–1911)