State Quotes

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Painting doesn't mean just describing; it's a state of spirit. — Caryl Churchill
Most jokes state a bitter truth. — Larry Gelbart
There can be no freedom of the individual, no democracy, without the capital system, the profit system, the private enterprise system. These are, in the… — Russell Cornell Leffingwell
Fundamental, Bible believing people do not have the right to indoctrinate their children in their religious beliefs because we, the state, are preparing them for… — Peter Hoagland
Freedom is never an achieved state; like electricity, we've got to keep generating it or the lights go out. — Wayne LaPierre
No citizen enjoys genuine freedom of religious conviction until the state is indifferent to every form of religious outlook from Atheism to Zoroastrianism. — Harold Laski
Lucky people create, notice and act upon the chance opportunities in their lives. Being in the right place at the right time is actually all… — Richard Wiseman
These are some of the characteristics of the state of mind which the creation and appreciation of haiku demand: Selflessness, Loneliness, Grateful Acceptance, Wordlessness, Non-intellectuality,… — Reginald Horace Blyth
For safety is not a gadget but a state of mind. — Eleanor Everest Freer
Obscenity is our name for the uneasiness which upsets the physical state associated with self-possession, with the possession of a recognized and stable individuality. — Georges Bataille
Our natural state of being is in relationship, a tango, a constant state of one influencing the other. Just as the subatomic particles that compose… — Lynne McTaggart
The state is a force incarnate. Worse, it is the silly parading of force. It never seeks to prevail by persuasion. Whenever it thrusts its… — Mikhail Bakunin
In every State, the government is nothing but a permanent conspiracy on the part of the minority against the majority, which it enslaves and fleeces. — Mikhail Bakunin
The power which a multiple millionaire, who may be my neighbor and perhaps my employer, has over me is very much less than that which… — Friedrich August von Hayek
We should distinguish at this point between "government" and "state" ... A government is the consensual organization by which we adjudicate disputes, defend our rights,… — David Boaz
The beneficial effect of state intervention, especially in the form of legislation, is direct, immediate, and so to speak, visible, while its evil effects are… — A. V. Dicey
There is nothing new in state interventionism. It is as old and reactionary as societal organization itself. Always, when it permeates the body politic, it… — Spruille Braden
It seems that wherever the Welfare State is involved, the moral precept, "Thou shalt not steal," becomes altered to say: "Thou shalt not steal, except… — F. A. Harper
The proliferation of bureaucrats and its invariable accompaniment, much heavier tax levies on the productive part of the population, are the recognizable signs, not of… — William Henry Chamberlin
In the final, the positive, state, the mind has given over the vain search after absolute notions, the origin and destination of the universe, and… — Auguste Comte

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