Lords Proprietors

Famous quotes containing the words lords and/or proprietors:

“[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)

“They know, and will therefore say, that kings are the servants, not the proprietors of the people.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)