William Shakespeare Quotes
When Caesar says, 'Do this', it is performed.
Shakespeare, William. Julius Caesar. Edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine, Simon & Schuster, 1992, act 1, sc. 2, line 13.
The chairman of the Public Works Committee doled out committee jobs in his home state. He was asked what these appointees did:
In 1902 there was a national crises brought about by a coal strike. At that time the president had no legal powers in such a matter. Lodge urged President Theodore Roosevelt to take a symbolic public stand on the strike issues. He did so, and it led to a successful arbitration of the dispute. It was one of the first examples of presidential "jawboning:"
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.
