Best State Quotes by John Stuart Mill

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• People drain me, even the closest of friends, and I find loneliness to be the best state in the union to live… — Margaret Cho
• The best state for human nature is that in which, while no one is poor, no one desires to be richer, nor… — John Stuart Mill
• Democracy, in its best state, is but the politics of Bedlam; while kept chained, its thoughts are frantic, but when it breaks… — Fisher Ames
• You get to the stage when your almost looking down on yourself. When you get into that state, it’s the best state… — Stirling Moss
• Where the habits are simple, and the mind truly elevated, then is society in the best state... — Mary Martha Sherwood
• Marriage is the best state for man in general, and every man is a worst man in proportion to the level he… — Samuel Johnson
• Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. — Thomas Paine
• Reading - the best state yet to keep absolute loneliness at bay. — William Styron
• Some writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them; whereas they are not only… — Thomas Paine
• Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst… — Thomas Paine
• Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his… — Bible

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