Dragon Kings

Famous quotes containing the words dragon and/or kings:

    “Opinion is not worth a rush;
    In this altar-piece the knight,
    Who grips his long spear so to push
    That dragon through the fading light,
    Loved the lady; and it’s plain
    The half-dead dragon was her thought....”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “Shall the railroads govern the country, or shall the people govern the railroads? Shall the interest of railroad kings be chiefly regarded, or shall the interest of the people be paramount?”
    —Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)