Western Pacific may refer to:
- Western Pacific Railroad (1903–1983)
- Western Pacific Railroad (1862–1870)
- Western Pacific Airlines (1994-1998)
- Western Pacific Ocean
Western Pacific may also refer to:
- British Western Pacific Territories
- Naval Forces Western Pacific
- Western Pacific basin
Famous quotes containing the words western and/or pacific:
“The Oriental philosophy approaches easily loftier themes than the modern aspires to; and no wonder if it sometimes prattle about them. It only assigns their due rank respectively to Action and Contemplation, or rather does full justice to the latter. Western philosophers have not conceived of the significance of Contemplation in their sense.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The principle of majority rule is the mildest form in which the force of numbers can be exercised. It is a pacific substitute for civil war in which the opposing armies are counted and the victory is awarded to the larger before any blood is shed. Except in the sacred tests of democracy and in the incantations of the orators, we hardly take the trouble to pretend that the rule of the majority is not at bottom a rule of force.”
—Walter Lippmann (1889–1974)