Lay Citizens

Famous quotes containing the words lay and/or citizens:

“Well, there’s a remedy for all things but death, which will be sure to lay us flat one time or other.”
—Miguel De Cervantes (1547–1616)

“However energetically society in general may strive to make all the citizens equal and alike, the personal pride of each individual will always make him try to escape from the common level, and he will form some inequality somewhere to his own profit.”
—Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859)