Construction Soldiers

Famous quotes containing the words construction and/or soldiers:

“When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people.”
—Edmund Burke (1729–1797)

“Children play soldier. That makes sense. But why do soldiers play children?”
—Karl Kraus (1874–1936)