Paul Revere/1765-1774 - The Gathering Storm of Revolution

Famous quotes containing the words paul, revere, gathering, storm and/or revolution:

    “Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man or man independent of woman. For just as woman came from man, so man comes through woman; but all things come from God.”
    —Bible: New Testament, 1 Corinthians 11:11.

    In v. 9, Paul wrote “Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.”

    “Know not to revere human things too much.”
    —Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.)

    “The way to go to the circus, however, is with someone who has seen perhaps one theatrical performance before in his life and that in the High School hall.... The scales of sophistication are struck from your eyes and you see in the circus a gathering of men and women who are able to do things as a matter of course which you couldn’t do if your life depended on it.”
    —Robert Benchley (1889–1945)

    “Jesus, Lover of my soul, Let me to thy bosom fly,
    While the nearer waters roll, While the tempest still is high;
    Hide me, O my Saviour, hide, Till the storm of life be past;
    Safe into the haven guide, O receive my soul at last.”
    —Charles Wesley (1707–1788)

    “Fascism was a counter-revolution against a revolution that never took place.”
    —Ignazio Silone (1900–1978)