Mount Captain Commands

Famous quotes containing the words mount, captain and/or commands:

    My name shall mount upon Eternitie.
    Michael Drayton (1563–1631)

    John Gilpin was a citizen
    Of credit and renown,
    A train-band captain eke was he
    Of famous London town.
    William Cowper (1731–1800)

    It is clear that in a monarchy, where he who commands the exceution of the laws generally thinks himself above them, there is less need of virtue than in a popular government, where the person entrusted with the execution of the laws is sensible of his being subject to their direction.
    —Charles Louis de Secondat Montesquieu (1689–1755)