What are subjects?

Famous quotes containing the word subjects:

    “At a distance, we cannot conceive of the authority of a despot who knows all his subjects on sight.”
    —Stendhal [Marie Henri Beyle] (1783–1842)

    “Intellectuals have opinions on subjects they just heard about five minutes ago.”
    —Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

    “I am all the subjects that you have,
    Which first was mine own king.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)