Administration Quote by Alexander Hamilton

“Political mandates matter, but delivering on promises requires institutions. And it takes individuals to build those institutions, so expertise matters, as does the system’s…

— Shankkar Aiyar

The state must be the first to be organized and totally committed to serving the interests of the people. We must always be clear…

— Samora Machel

“But when the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be…

— Edmund Burke

It is only to clear from history that states rarely keep faith with each other, save in so far (and so long) as their…

— B. H. Liddell Hart

State formation has been a brutal project, with many hideous consequences. But the results exist, and their pernicious aspects should be overcome.

— Noam Chomsky

Never underestimate the power of the State to act out its own massive fantasies.

— Don DeLillo

In government you carry each hope; each disillusion. And in politics it's always about the next challenge.

— Tony Blair

If a ruler can get rid of private crookedness and promote the public law, his people will become secure, and his state will become…

— Han Fei

Strong as it looks at the outset, State-agency perpetually disappoints every one. Puny as are its first stages, private efforts daily achieve results that…

— Herbert Spencer

“Finally, when the State close to ruin subsists only on an illusory and vain form, when the social bond is broken in all hearts,…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The advice nearest to my heart and deepest in my convictions is that the Union of the States be cherished and perpetuated.

— James Madison

“All obstructions to the execution of the laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract,…

— George Washington