Clear Quote by B. H. Liddell Hart

It is in a country's interests to keep faith with its allies. States in this sense are like people. If you have a reputation…

— Margaret Thatcher

Over 5,000 years, states have made surprisingly consistent claims about their duties. They have promised to protect people from threats; promote their welfare; deliver…

— Geoff Mulgan

Instead of safeguarding truth and honesty, the state then tends to become a major source of insincerity and mendacity.

— Hans F. Sennholz

“People are weary of politicians who make promises they are either unwilling or unable to keep. Society longs for statesmen but it gets politicians.…

— Henry T. Blackaby

So we must lay it down that the association which is a state exists not for the purpose of living together but for the…

— Aristotle

States are more like people than they are like anything else: they exist by purpose, reason, suffering, and joy. And peace between states is…

— Roger Scruton

We simply must have faith in each other, faith in our ability to govern ourselves, and faith in the future of this Nation. Restoring…

— Jimmy Carter

No one has to agree with everything that someone else says. But in state-to-state relations, we have to understand that we can help each…

— Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

'The State Within' demands a certain intelligence from its audience. It doesn't just wash over you - it asks for commitment. And that's a…

— Lennie James

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

— James Madison

In terms of morals there is no such thing as ‘state.’ Just men. Individuals. Each responsible for his own acts.

— Robert A. Heinlein

“Real faith is never something that can be forced by the state. It’s something that either be encouraged and smiled upon or discouraged and…

— Eric Metaxas