Sovereign Military Order

Famous quotes containing the words sovereign, military and/or order:

    The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them.
    Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679)

    I really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking the entire structure of government, where words can prove mightier than ten military divisions.
    Václav Havel (b. 1936)

    Man needs to know but little more than a lobster in order to catch him in his traps.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)