State Quotes
7915 quotes by 4102 authors
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As a Jew, I was taught that it was ethically imperative to speak up and to speak out against arbitrary state violence. That was part…
— Judith Butler
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Only if we accept the proposition that the state of Israel is the exclusive and legitimate representative of the Jewish people would a movement calling…
— Judith Butler
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A challenge to the right of Israel to exist can be construed as a challenge to the existence of the Jewish people only if one…
— Judith Butler
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The argument that all Jews have a heartfelt investment in the state of Israel is untrue. Some have a heartfelt investment in corned beef sandwiches.
— Judith Butler
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The Arab spring was not as radical as the French or Iranian revolutions. It did not pull out the deeply entrenched roots of the state.…
— Wadah Khanfar
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In the 1830s, Dorothea Dix revolutionized the care of people with mental illness by taking them out of jails and caring for them in asylums,…
— Thomas R. Insel
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The Czech Republic is a dynamic United Nations Member State, active on the Human Rights Council, contributing to the peaceful settlement of disputes, and helping…
— Ban Ki-moon
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It is important that the right of Israel to exist should be respected and also the viable Palestinian authorities, in terms of political and financial…
— Ban Ki-moon
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I look forward to strengthening the U.S.-U.N. partnership and working closely with Secretary of State Kerry towards our shared goals of peace, development, and human…
— Ban Ki-moon
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Benjamin Netanyahu has made the official policy of the Israeli government the two-state solution, at a time when he had opposition from many quarters. That…
— Michael Oren
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An empowered public is the foundation for a stronger society, more effective government, and a more successful state.
— Robert Zoellick
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The state can be a force for good. The Rule of law is absolutely essential to a good life. God has instituted government and leaders…
— Dave Brat
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Charity must become a fundamental state of mind and heart that guides us in all we do.
— Joseph B. Wirthlin
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As it turns out, American-made technology had helped Mubarak and his security state collect, compile, and parse vast amounts of data about everyday citizens.
— Rebecca MacKinnon
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I think at its most mature, love is a very bourgeois state. There is something about luxuriating in the nest of love that people fall…
— Alexandra Cassavetes
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In the central Indian state of Orissa, mining has scarred the landscape, and it is already too late to secure most of the traditional elephant…
— Mark Shand
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In the Illinois State Capitol, in Springfield, farmer-legislators write the agriculture laws.
— Bill Dedman
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Unlike the United States Congress, which mostly forbids outside employment, state legislatures are generally composed of people with other careers.
— Bill Dedman
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State courts usually rule that correspondence between government officials, about government business, are public records, whether they use their government e-mail accounts or private ones.
— Bill Dedman
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The most vexing problem Israel faces is its relations with its neighbors. From the inception of the state until today, Israelis have felt besieged, surrounded…
— Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
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