Sovereign Military Order

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

    “To every people the land is given on condition. Perceived or not, there is a Covenant, beyond the constitution, beyond sovereign guarantee, beyond the nation’s sweetest dreams of itself.”
    —Leonard Cohen (b. 1934)

    “[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)

    “The one book necessary to be understood by a divine, is the Bible; any others are to be read, chiefly, in order to understand that.”
    —Francis Lockier (1668–1740)