Lay Citizens

Famous quotes containing the words lay and/or citizens:

“Slowly he entered dark and silence and lay there for so long that with what judgement remained he judged them to be final.”
—Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)

“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)