Quotes about State, page 2

By the same token it must follow that the state we now call a small state is in reality a power if it plays such a role in the development of civilization that it marches in the front ranks and wins victories in the fight for law which surpass...

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about state

O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue with which to praise the Lord. It utters a thousand pious follies, in a continuous endeavor to please Him who thus possesses it.

Quote by Sfanta Tereza De Avila about state

All oppression creates a state of war.

Quote by Simone de Beauvoir about state

It's slightly complicated for people to grasp the idea of a head of state in human form.

Quote by Prince Andrew about state

A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state.

Quote by Aristotel about state

The state is a creation of nature and man is by nature a political animal.

Quote by Aristotel about state

The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication.

Quote by Aristotel about state

We will stand up for our friends in the world. And one of the most important friends is the State of Israel. My administration will be steadfast in support Israel against terrorism and violence, and in seeking the peace for which all Israelis pray.

Quote by George W. Bush about state

A thousand years may scare form a state. An hour may lay it in ruins.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about state

All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State.

Quote by Albert Camus about state

For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a state of...

Quote by Albert Camus about state

To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a state of half enjoyment.

Quote by Jane Austen about state

Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.

Quote by Winston Churchill about state

I pretty much try to stay in a constant state of confusion just because of the expression it leaves on my face.

Quote by Johnny Depp about state

It is a remarkable comment on our affairs that the former prime minister of a great sovereign state should thus be received as an honorary citizen of another.

Quote by Winston Churchill about state

Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about state

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation?

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about state

I volunteered to join the Navy for 12 years. If you get your calling up papers, you did it. It's like a Police State, and don't let anyone kid you it would be different.

Quote by Sean Connery about state

Oregon is the only state in the union that facilitates suicide.

Quote by Maggie Gallagher about state

To imply that religious believers have no right to engage moral questions in the public square or at the ballot is simply to establish a Reichian secularism as our state faith.

Quote by Maggie Gallagher about state