"There’s naught, no doubt, so much the spirit calms as rum and true religion."
― Lord Byron
Topic(s):
Government
More From Lord Byron
- "Though sages may pour out their wisdom’s treasure, there is no sterner moralist than pleasure."
- "Ye stars! which are the poetry of heaven!"
- "What is the worst of woes that wait on age? What stamps the wrinkle deeper on the brow? To view each loved one blotted from life’s page, And be alone on earth, as I am now."
More In Government
- "I can’t really criticize the Tea Party people, because I came into the White House pretty much on the same basis that they have become popular. That is dissatisfaction with the way things are going in Washington and disillusionment and disencouragement about the government."― Jimmy Carter
- "Our nation is built on the bedrock principle that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed."― Adrian Cronauer
- "I like women. I don’t understand them, but I like them."― Sean Connery