Moreover, in Russia there was an enormous amount of landed property to be divided, large estates, crown lands, government land, and the estates held by the monasteries. – Herman Gorter
With this announcement today, the Army has made it clear what we have known all along – that Fort Riley is truly the crown jewel of the United States Army. – Jim Ryun
In the 17th century, Barbados was regarded in London as ‘the brightest jewel in the English crown’. – Alistair Horne
It’s not that I want to necessarily avoid my darker moments, but I don’t capitalize them and put a crown on them and tote them around as the answer anymore. – Alex Ebert
They cast their crowns before the throne, saying, Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created. – The Bible Revelation 4:10-11
Luther was guilty of two great crimes – he struck the Pope in his crown, and the monks in their belly. – Desiderius Erasmus
To be a king and wear a crown is a thing more glorious to them that see it than it is pleasant to them that bear it. – Elizabeth I
I once received a cape that was made from the little purple bags that Crown Royal Whisky comes in. – Dave Grohl
One could say that Osama bin Laden and these non-nation-state fighters with religious purpose are very similar to those kind of atypical revolutionaries that helped to cast off the British crown. – Marcy Kaptur
The man forget not, though in rags he lies, and know the mortal through a crown’s disguise. – Mark Akenside
Healthcare is the cornerstone of the socialist state. It is the crown jewel of the welfare state. – Monica Crowley
To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred. – Pierre Corneille
The Crown Prince has said he needs to broaden political participation in the governing of Saudi Arabia. – Frank Carlucci
In his enigmatic and cunning story ‘The Crown of Feathers,’ Isaac Bashevis Singer refuses to produce uncontradictory evidence of God’s will but rather mixes all signals, jams the evidence, stalls every conclusion. – Edmund White
And if I have my choice between a pennant and a triple crown, I’ll take the pennant every time. – Carl Yastrzemski
I would rather go to any extreme than suffer anything that is unworthy of my reputation, or of that of my crown. – Elizabeth I
By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory; the only object of respect that can never excite envy. – George Bancroft
While Melbourne and Sydney fight about who wears Australia’s cultural crown, Canberra just gets on with it. – Judy Horacek
The presidency of the United States is not some crown to be passed between two families. – Martin O’Malley
Have I given any symptoms of an avaricious disposition? Have I obtained any grants from the crown since I have been placed at the head of the treasury? Has my conduct been different from that which others in the same station would have followed? – Robert Walpole
Some members of both Houses have, it is true, been removed from their employments under the Crown; but were they ever told, either by me or by any other of his majesty’s servants, that it was for opposing the measures of the administration in Parliament? – Robert Walpole