Commonwealth Government

Famous quotes containing the words commonwealth and/or government:

“The commonwealth of Athens is become a forest of beasts.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“But, to speak practically and as a citizen, unlike those who call themselves no-government men, I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government. Let every man make known what kind of government would command his respect, and that will be one step toward obtaining it.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)