Corn Law League

Famous quotes containing the words corn, law and/or league:

    “The corn is as high as an elephant’s eye,
    And it looks like it’s climbin’ clear up to the sky.”
    —Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960)

    “The Law is the true embodiment
    Of everything that’s excellent.
    It has no kind of fault or flaw,
    And I, my Lords, embody the Law.”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    “I am not impressed by the Ivy League establishments. Of course they graduate the best—it’s all they’ll take, leaving to others the problem of educating the country. They will give you an education the way the banks will give you money—provided you can prove to their satisfaction that you don’t need it.”
    —Peter De Vries (b. 1910)