--- title: "8 Strong State Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Strong State quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Strong State sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/565/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_animosity_but-if-you-should-take-the-bond-of-goodw_101421.jpg" --- > [But if you should take the bond of goodwill out of the universe no house or city could stand, nor would even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/but-if-you-should-take-the-bond-of-goodwill-out-of-the-universe-no/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/565/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_animosity_but-if-you-should-take-the-bond-of-goodw_101421.jpg) > [Russia needs a strong state power and must have it. But I am not calling for totalitarianism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/russia-needs-a-strong-state-power-and-must-have-it-but-i-am-not/) [Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/708/vladimir-putin-261_calling_russia-needs-a-strong-state-power-and-mu_477370.jpg) > [“Oh, diplomacy," said M.D., in his element, "it mops up war's spillages; legitimizes its outcomes; gives the strong state the means to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mitchell/oh-diplomacy-said-m-d-in-his-element-it-mops-up-war-s-spillages/) [David Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4db/david-mitchell-264_diplomacy_oh-diplomacy-said-m-d-in-his-element-it_880692.jpg) > [I stand for a strong state that safeguards freedom. I don't need to show muscle for that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-de-maiziere/i-stand-for-a-strong-state-that-safeguards-freedom-i-don-t-need-to/) [Thomas de Maiziere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-de-maiziere/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fc/thomas-de-maiziere-27594_freedom_i-stand-for-a-strong-state-that-safeguar_1020248.jpg) > [Healthy Odisha - Happy Odisha. Let us continue our endeavour to build a prosperous and strong state.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naveen-patnaik/healthy-odisha-happy-odisha-let-us-continue-our-endeavour-to-build-a/) [Naveen Patnaik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naveen-patnaik/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c19/naveen-patnaik-5784_continue_healthy-odisha-happy-odisha-let-us-conti_1089854.jpg) > [A strong State Department to me means a corps of career officials who believe that their job is to advocate America's interests…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bolton/a-strong-state-department-to-me-means-a-corps-of-career-officials-who/) [John Bolton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bolton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/935/john-bolton-4806_accommodations_a-strong-state-department-to-me-means-a_1508467.jpg) > [America is not really a strong enough state for us to regard it as an enemy of Russia.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramzan-kadyrov/america-is-not-really-a-strong-enough-state-for-us-to-regard-it-as-an/) [Ramzan Kadyrov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramzan-kadyrov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5d/ramzan-kadyrov-16225_america_america-is-not-really-a-strong-enough-st_2149973.jpg) > [At last, Russia has returned to the world arena as a strong state - a country that others heed and that can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/at-last-russia-has-returned-to-the-world-arena-as-a-strong-state-a/) [Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b30/vladimir-putin-261_arena_at-last-russia-has-returned-to-the-world_2731733.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/strong-state/#itemlist", "name": "Strong State Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "But if you should take the bond of goodwill out of the universe no house or city could stand, nor would even the tillage of the fields abide. 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