Famous quotes containing the words earth, defense and/or fleet:
“The honey of heaven may or may not come,
But that of earth both comes and goes at once.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
“Our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in our bosoms. Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as the heritage of all men, in all lands, every where.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
“They ... fleet the time carelessly, as they did in the golden world.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)