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State Quotes by Lord Acton
- Whenever a single definite object is made the supreme end of the State, be it the advantage of a class, the safety of the power…
- The true natural check on absolute democracy is the federal system, which limits the central government by the powers reserved, and the state governments by…
- Men cannot be made good by the state, but they can easily be made bad. Morality depends on liberty.
- The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every right to the state. They…
More State Quotes
- A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state. — Aristotle
- The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle
- The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life. — Aristotle
- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in… — Aristotle
- Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to… — Johann Arndt
- Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is… — Dean Acheson