William Shakespeare Quotes
Strong reasons make strong actions let us go If you say ay, the king will not say no.
Shakespeare, William. King John. Edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine, Simon & Schuster, 2000, Act 3, sc. 4, lines 182-183.
This was an indirect swipe at President Lyndon Johnson.
William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard"). His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. They also continue to be studied and reinterpreted.
