Sovereign Military Order

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

    “O Sovereign of the willing soul,
    Parent of sweet and solemn-breathing airs,
    Enchanting shell!”
    —Thomas Gray (1716–1771)

    “[I]t is a civil Cowardice to be backward in asserting what you ought to expect, as it is a military Fear to be slow in attacking when it is your Duty.”
    —Richard Steele (1672–1729)

    “I suppose that one of the psychological principles of advertising is to so hammer the name of your product into the mind of the timid buyer that when he is confronted with a brusk demand for an order he can’t think of anything else to say, whether he wants it or not.”
    —Robert Benchley (1889–1945)