Exchequer Bills Act

Famous quotes containing the words exchequer, bills and/or act:

    Evermore thanks, the exchequer of the poor.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    There are bills to be paid, machines to keep in repair,
    Irregular verbs to learn, the Time Being to redeem
    From insignificance.
    —W.H. (Wystan Hugh)

    Since belief is measured by action, he who forbids us to believe religion to be true, necessarily also forbids us to act as we should if we did believe it to be true.
    William James (1842–1910)