State Quotes

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In dealing with the State, we ought to remember that its institutions are not aboriginal, though they existed before we were born; that they are… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The individual is the true reality of life. A cosmos in himself, he does not exist for the State, nor for that abstraction called "society,"… — Emma Goldman
Life in the state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. — Thomas Hobbes
An individual, thinking himself injured, makes more noise than a State. — Thomas Jefferson
I have often thought that there has rarely passed a life of which a judicious and faithful narrative would not be useful; for not only… — Samuel Johnson
Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual… — Mary McCarthy
When the representative body have lost the confidence of their constituents, when they have notoriously made sale of their most valuable rights, when they have… — Thomas Jefferson
To blindly trust government is to automatically vest it with excessive power. To distrust government is simply to trust humanity - to trust in the… — James Bovard
The function of the true state is to impose the minimum restrictions and safeguard the maximum liberties of the people, and it never regards the… — Immanuel Kant
Medicine in its present state is, it seems to me, by now completely discovered, insofar as it teaches in each instance the particular details and… — Hippocrates
Obviously, the real issue has nothing to do with fear itself, but, rather, how we hold the fear. For some, the fear is totally irrelevant.… — Susan Jeffers
Even the weather page is in a state of moral decay. What?s wrong with red, white and blue, USA Today? This rainbow weather map is… — Stephen Colbert
Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state, with its haughtiness, its violence, its punishment, its wars — Leo Tolstoy
We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word? — John Guare
Mysticism is: a. An advanced state of inner enlightenment. b. Union with Reality. c. A state of genuinely satisfying success. d. Insight into an entirely… — Vernon Howard
Pour the bulk of your time into action, not deciding. The state of indecision is a major time waster. Don't spend more than 60 seconds… — Steve Pavlina
Man is happiest when he is creating. In fact, the highest state of which man is capable lies in the creative act. — Leo Buscaglia
Mental toughness is many things and rather difficult to explain. Its qualities are sacrifice and self-denial. Also, most importantly, it is combined with a perfectly… — Vince Lombardi
All varieties of interference with the market phenomena not only fail to achieve the ends aimed at by their authors and supporters, but bring about… — Ludwig von Mises
We have been living amidst one of the great revolutions of human history, and we hardly know it: the penetration of the State into every… — Joseph Sobran

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