Commons Headed Paper

Famous quotes containing the words commons, headed and/or paper:

    “[I]n Great-Britain it is said that their constitution relies on the house of commons for honesty, and the lords for wisdom; which would be a rational reliance if honesty were to be bought with money, and if wisdom were hereditary.”
    —Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

    “It must have looked as if the course
    He steered was really straight away
    From that which he was headed for
    Not much concerned for them, I say;
    No more so than became a man
    And politician at odd seasons.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    “The paper boy curses the dog through the latched screen door.”
    —Mason Cooley (b. 1927)