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> [The State is not the nation, and the State can be modified and even abolished in its present form, without harming the nation. On the contrary, with the passing of the dominance of the State, the genuine life-enhancing forces of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randolph-bourne/the-state-is-not-the-nation-and-the-state-can-be-modified-and-even/)

[Randolph Bourne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randolph-bourne/)

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## More by Randolph Bourne

> [No matter what we have come through, or how many perils we have safely passed, or how many imperfect and jagged - in some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randolph-bourne/no-matter-what-we-have-come-through-or-how-many-perils-we-have-safely/)

[Randolph Bourne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randolph-bourne/)

> [One keeps healthy in wartime...by a vigorous assertion of values in which war has no part.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randolph-bourne/one-keeps-healthy-in-wartime-by-a-vigorous-assertion-of-values-in/)

[Randolph Bourne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randolph-bourne/)

> [We can easily become as much slaves to precaution as we can to fear. Although we can never rivet our fortune so tight as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randolph-bourne/we-can-easily-become-as-much-slaves-to-precaution-as-we-can-to-fear/)

[Randolph Bourne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randolph-bourne/)

> [In your reaction to an imagined attack on your country or an insult to its government, you draw closer to the herd for protection,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randolph-bourne/in-your-reaction-to-an-imagined-attack-on-your-country-or-an-insult/)

[Randolph Bourne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randolph-bourne/)

> [Society is one vast conspiracy for carving one into the kind of statue likes, and then placing it in the most convenient niche it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randolph-bourne/society-is-one-vast-conspiracy-for-carving-one-into-the-kind-of/)

[Randolph Bourne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randolph-bourne/)

> [The ironic life is a life keenly alert, keenly sensitive, reacting promptly with feelings of liking or dislike to each bit of experience, letting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randolph-bourne/the-ironic-life-is-a-life-keenly-alert-keenly-sensitive-reacting/)

[Randolph Bourne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randolph-bourne/)

> [A cultivation of the powers of one's personality is one of the greatest needs of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randolph-bourne/a-cultivation-of-the-powers-of-one-s-personality-is-one-of-the/)

[Randolph Bourne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randolph-bourne/)

> [If you are not an idealist by the time you are twenty you have no heart, but if you are still an idealist by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randolph-bourne/if-you-are-not-an-idealist-by-the-time-you-are-twenty-you-have-no/)

[Randolph Bourne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randolph-bourne/)

> [A good discussion increases the dimensions of everyone who takes part.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randolph-bourne/a-good-discussion-increases-the-dimensions-of-everyone-who-takes-part/)

[Randolph Bourne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randolph-bourne/)

> [With the shock of war the state comes into its own again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randolph-bourne/with-the-shock-of-war-the-state-comes-into-its-own-again/)

[Randolph Bourne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randolph-bourne/)

> [Culture, like the kingdom of heaven, lies within us, and not in foreign galleries and books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randolph-bourne/culture-like-the-kingdom-of-heaven-lies-within-us-and-not-in-foreign/)

[Randolph Bourne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randolph-bourne/)

> [Friendships are fragile things, and require as much handling as any other fragile and precious thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randolph-bourne/friendships-are-fragile-things-and-require-as-much-handling-as-any/)

[Randolph Bourne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randolph-bourne/)

> [“The American intellectuals, in their preoccupation with reality, seem to have forgotten that the real enemy is War rather than imperial Germany. There is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randolph-bourne/the-american-intellectuals-in-their-preoccupation-with-reality-seem/)

[Randolph Bourne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randolph-bourne/)

> [“No matter what we have come through, or how many perils we have safely passed, or how imperfect and jagged our life has been,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randolph-bourne/no-matter-what-we-have-come-through-or-how-many-perils-we-have-safely-2/)

[Randolph Bourne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randolph-bourne/)

> [War is the Health of the State.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randolph-bourne/war-is-the-health-of-the-state/)

[Randolph Bourne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randolph-bourne/)

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