Quotes of Federation - somelinesforyou

“ Republic of letters. ”

- Henry Fielding

“ I found that part of it towards San Salvador extending from north to south five leagues, and the other side which we coasted along, ran from east to west more than ten leagues. ”

- Christopher Columbus

“ A lot of these things you shouldn't have to stress at the big-league level. That's what big leagues mean. ”

- Dusty Baker

“ All for one, one for all, that is our device. ”

- Alexandre ‘the Younger’ Dumas

“ Republics are ungrateful. ”

- Unknown

“ When any one State in the American Union refuses obedience to the Confederation by which they have bound themselves, the rest have a natural right to compel them to obedience. ”

- Thomas Jefferson

“ Tortured for the Republic. ”

- James Abram Garfield

“ The state of the Union largely depends on the state of the unions. ”

- Evan Esar

“ There are a lot of fellas with all the ability it takes to play in the major leagues, but... they always get stuck in the minor leagues because they haven't got the guts to make the climb. ”

- Cookie Lavagetto

“ ALLIANCE, n. In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third. ”

- Ambrose Bierce

“ In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous. ”

- Robert Green Ingersoll

“ My struggle was only for democracy in Iraq and for Kurdish rights, sometimes in the shape of autonomy, sometimes of federation in the framework of a democratic Iraq. ”

- Jalal Talabani

“ I don't think the federation has a head; its neck has just grown up and haired over. ”

- John Lewis

“ The plan was that I was going to retire and take a job with the American Federation, but Nottingham Forest offered me a contract and there was interest from West Ham and another Premiership club. ”

- Richard Gough

“ The State of the Union may look rosy from the White House balcony or the suites of George Bush's wealthiest donors. But hardworking Americans will see through this president's efforts to wrap his radical agenda with a compassionate ribbon. ”

- Howard Dean
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