States Quotes · Page 38

We cannot permit any inquisition either within or without the law or apply any religious test to the holding of office. The…

— Calvin Coolidge

Citizens across the United States are now uniting in a great cause to establish a Department of Peace, seeking nothing less than…

— Dennis Kucinich

I believe that we are at the point now, in the United States, where a movement is beginning to emerge.

— Grace Lee Boggs

Decency must be an even more exhausting state to maintain than its opposite. Those who succeed seem to need a stupefying amount…

— Quentin Crisp

As there must be moderation in other things, so there must be moderation in self-criticism. Perpetual contemplation of our own actions produces…

— Herbert Spencer

Is class snobbery a social reality in the United States? Absolutely, and the kind that's codified by meritocracy is probably more toxic…

— Timothy Noah

Very often, if you just get the question: "Well, are you a Zionist?" if you say no, it's assumed that you want…

— Judith Butler

There is an old saying, "How did you go bankrupt?" And the answer is, "Gradually, and then suddenly." The impending fiscal crisis…

— Seth Klarman

For Solomon, he lived at ease, and full Of honour, wealth, high fare, aimed not beyond Higher design than to enjoy his…

— John Milton

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor brought critical qualities to the high court that not everybody thinks are qualities - I happen to think…

— Joe Biden

Right after 9-11, as far as I know, one newspaper in the United States had the integrity to investigate opinion in the…

— Noam Chomsky

For states' rights advocates, the Constitution is like a contract that is openly violated by one party with impunity. On paper, the…

— Jonathan Turley

When the Constitution of the United States was framed and adopted, those high contracting parties did positively agree that they would not…

— John Taylor

To grasp life and meaning, we assume constancy where it does not exist. We name experiences, emotions, and subjective states and assume…

— Anonymous

[James vowed again to] use the National Guard and state troopers to prevent the removal [of Judge Roy Moore's Commandments display].

— Fob James

For, just as it has been said that there is no half-way house between Rome and Reason, so it may be said…

— Benjamin Tucker

Heads of state are notoriously ill prepared for their mature careers; think of Adolf Hitler (landscape painter), Ho Chi Minh (seaman), and…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

I would be lying, if I said that sometimes it is just a job that you show up for because you're getting…

— Julianne Moore

Psychic automatism in its pure state, by which one proposes to express -- verbally, by means of the written word, or in…

— Andre Breton

On the acquisition of Louisiana, in the year 1803, the attention of the government of the United States, was early directed towards…

— Meriwether Lewis

Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment.. Put yourself in a…

— Tony Robbins

We know that Donald Trump has shown a very troubling willingness to back up [Vladimir] Putin, to support Putin, whether it's saying…

— Hillary Clinton

You can't state difference and also state equality. We have to state sameness to understand equality.

— Zadie Smith

It is not difficult to conceive, however, that for many reasons a man writes much better than he lives. For without entering…

— Samuel Johnson

For me, being a writer is not an altered state. It's very ponderous, and very - it's like being a shoemaker.

— Anne Lamott