State Quotes · Page 26

“Happiness is not a phase or a feeling; it is a state of ourselves.”

— Mihail Militaru

The Founders wanted to protect the church from an encroaching state, not the other way around.

— Mike Johnson

I work out all the time, but because it's good for my mental state.

— Hannah Bronfman

You are your state of mind. Your state of mind creates your view, or your window, on life.

— Frederick Lenz

'The State' was a huge thing for me. I watched that and 'SNL' together when I was 15, 16.

— Bill Hader

I think that most manufacturing and mining should be under the purview of state authorities.

— Rand Paul

Man must never be treated as a means to the end of the state, but always as an end within himself.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

People in my state, Kerala, have started playing hockey, which is very pleasing to see.

— P. R. Sreejesh

Even a competent lawyer may not be able to mount an adequate defense against the state, with all its resources, if he…

— Anthony Lewis

It's gratifying to work for somebody who doesn't measure accomplishment by the temporary state of public-opinion polls.

— Steve Schmidt

When the state machinery defends criminals and the public prosecutors collude with the accused in certain cases and the victims are members…

— Kapil Sibal

If we are to perpetuate the state, we must not only produce citizens, but good citizens - men and women of sound…

— Arthur Capper

“A nation which expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, expects that which never was and never will…

— Thomas Jefferson

The south has really been very kind to me. I represent each state with their industry, right from Sandalwood to Tollywood. Working…

— Sameera Reddy

The state of Israel, and a government under me, will make it a strategic objective to topple the Hamas regime in Gaza.…

— Tzipi Livni

“The real triumph of the state occurs when its subjects refer to it as “we,” like football fans talking about the home…

— Joseph Sobran

My stuff is observational, what people do with their lives from the angle of a man that can't pull it off. So…

— Iain Stirling

Socialism is the gradual and less violent form of communism, and socialist is the project of the European Union, which was born…

— Vladimir Bukovsky

The welfare state creates its own victim/client constituency. By making individuals free and independent, we reduce the need for 'charity' to those…

— Grover Norquist

Russia's interference in the United States' 2016 election could not have been more different from what the United States does to promote…

— Tom Malinowski

For many residents, the DMV is the face of state government - it is an office that virtually every adult needs to…

— Ned Lamont

In Iraq, State Department civilians and U.S. soldiers have been operating in the same location in an active war zone. While the…

— Erik Prince

If there should prove to be one real, living Free State Democrat in Kansas, I suggest that it might be well to…

— Abraham Lincoln

There is no direct and immediate connection between the individual citizens of a state and the general government. The relation between them…

— John C. Calhoun

I took my first acting classes in Portland at Portland State University and the Portland Actors Conservatory.

— Karl Glusman

We're gonna run this state like Donald J. Trump is running America.

— Tate Reeves

Obviously I went to Oklahoma State, so I think an orange would still look good underneath the green jacket.

— Viktor Hovland

I am fully committed to Ohio State, the football program, as long as I can.

— Urban Meyer

We should be growing carrots up the side of the Empire State Building or Big Ben.

— Ian Brown

I had a great time at Michigan State, but no four years will compare to Saginaw High.

— Draymond Green

The state is a coercive machine to steal resources from the private sector.

— Javier Milei

When it came down to it, I felt Penn State was an amazing school. I loved the campus.

— Chris Hogan

My father was the Florida state director of The Nature Conservancy.

— Hank Green

If I could have anything right now, it would be the ability to continue as secretary of state.

— Kevin Shelley

Assistants like Tim Grgurich worked with me and watched film of me from my Oregon State days.

— Gary Payton

Every day, across our state, we see grit and resilience.

— Ben Sasse

Vermont's recreation opportunities are diverse and prevalent in every corner of the state.

— Phil Scott

The right to religious freedom is not a gift of the state or a gift of a group.

— Suharto

How can you work with someone if you went into their state to campaign against them?

— Angus King

I used to do a lot of apologizing for what the State Department had done.

— Dizzy Gillespie