State Quotes

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If men as individuals surrender to the call of their elementary instincts, avoiding pain and seeking satisfaction only for their own selves, the result for… — Albert Einstein
State a moral case to a plowman and a professor. The former will decide it as well, and often better than the latter, because he… — Thomas Jefferson
It is hard to hold on to friendships when people move away to another state or to another world. — Anne Roiphe
Happiness is enjoyed only in proportion as it is known; and such is the state or folly of man, that it is known only by… — Samuel Johnson
Good humor is a philosophic state of mind; it seems to say to nature that we take her no more seriously than she takes us. — Ernest Renan
At each epoch of history the world was in a hopeless state, and at each epoch of history the world muddled through; at each epoch… — Jacques Maritain
Has there ever been an age so rife with neurotic sensibility, with that state of near shudders, or near hysteria, or near nausea, much of… — Louis Kronenberger
EXTINCTION, n. The raw material out of which theology created the future state. — Ambrose Bierce
Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his… — Thomas Jefferson
It yet remains a problem to be solved in human affairs, whether any free government can be permanent, where the public worship of God, and… — Joseph Story
The First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not approve the slightest… — Hugo Black
Men who possess all the advantages of life are in a state where there are many accidents to disorder and discompose, but few to please… — Jonathan Swift
The mind and spirit of man advance when he is tried by suffering. ... so suffering and tribulation free man from the petty affairs of… — Abdu'l-BahÃ¡
I fully understand it's important to maintain the separation of church and state. We don't want the state to become the church, nor do we… — George W. Bush
There's a way to accomplish the separation of church and state, and at the same time, accomplish the social objective of having America become a… — George W. Bush
When the people rule, they must be rendered happy, or they will overturn the state. — Alexis de Tocqueville
It may well be that we shall by a process of sublime irony have reached a state in this story where safety will be the… — Winston Churchill
Those who believe that all virtue is to be found in their own party principles push matters to extremes; they do not consider that disproportion… — Aristotle
Myself, and all the Angelic Host, that stand in the sight of God enthroned, our happy state hold, as you yours, while our obedience hold.… — John Milton
There often seems to be a playfulness to wise people, as if either their equanimity has as its source this playfulness or the playfulness flows… — Edward Hoagland

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