State Base Ball

Famous quotes containing the words state, base and/or ball:

    “The state is therefore everyone; the rules within the state are laws which safeguard the welfare of all and which must originate from the welfare of all.”
    —Georg Büchner (1813–1837)

    “Report of fashions in proud Italy,
    Whose manners still our tardy-apish nation
    Limps after in base imitation.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “When Adam delved and Eve span,
    Who was then the gentleman?”
    —John Ball (hanged 1381)