Famous quotes containing the words commonwealth and/or status:
“The commonwealth of Athens is become a forest of beasts.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“A genuine Left doesn’t consider anyone’s suffering irrelevant or titillating; nor does it function as a microcosm of capitalist economy, with men competing for power and status at the top, and women doing all the work at the bottom.... Goodbye to all that.”
—Robin Morgan (b. 1941)