What is delivered?

Famous quotes containing the word delivered:

    ...I delivered the poor who cried, and the orphan who had no helper. The blessing of the wretched came upon me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a turban. I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame. I was a father to the needy, and I championed the cause of the stranger. I broke the fangs of the unrighteous, and made them drop their prey from their teeth.
    Bible: Hebrew, Job 29:12-17.

    Job, recounting his faithfulness.

    More and more, revolution has found itself delivered into the hands of its bureaucrats and doctrinaires on the one hand, and to the enfeebled and bewildered masses on the other.
    Albert Camus (1913–1960)

    Cry pretty, pretty, pretty and you’ll be able
    Very soon not even to cry pretty
    And so be delivered entirely from humanity
    This is prettiest of all, it is very pretty.
    Stevie Smith (1902–1971)