Partizan Played

Famous quotes containing the words partizan and/or played:

    “A Tory..., since the revolution, may be defined in a few words, to be a lover of monarchy, though without abandoning liberty; and a partizan of the family of Stuart. As a Whig may be defined to be a lover of liberty though without renouncing monarchy; and a friend to the settlement in the protestant line.”
    —David Hume (1711–1776)

    “It was a pretty game, played on the smooth surface of the pond, a man against a loon.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)