Order of Cincinnatus

Order of Cincinnatus may refer to:

  • The Society of the Cincinnati, an organization in the United States and France founded in 1783 to preserve the ideals and fellowship of the Revolutionary War officers who fought for American independence
  • The New Order of Cincinnatus, a political organization in the 1930s, founded in Seattle and present in various degrees elsewhere on the West Coast of the United States

Famous quotes containing the words order and/or cincinnatus:

    There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless.
    W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965)

    Amidst the dust, and the falling things, and the flapping scenery, Cincinnatus made his way in that direction where, to judge by the voices, stood beings akin to him.
    Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)