Famous quotes containing the words history, poland and/or commonwealth:
“It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.”
—Henry James (1843–1916)
“It is often said that Poland is a country where there is anti-semitism and no Jews, which is pathology in its purest state.”
—Bronislaw Geremek (b. 1932)
“While the Governor, and the Mayor, and countless officers of the Commonwealth are at large, the champions of liberty are imprisoned.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)