Idea Commons

Famous quotes containing the words idea and/or commons:

“He was not a villain—simply a self-indulgent spoiled young man who had realized to himself no idea of duty in life.”
—Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)

“[I]n Great-Britain it is said that their constitution relies on the house of commons for honesty, and the lords for wisdom; which would be a rational reliance if honesty were to be bought with money, and if wisdom were hereditary.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)