State Quotes

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There is as far as I know, no example in history, of any state voluntarily ceding power from the centre to its constituent parts. — Charles Handy
I do verily believe that if the principle were to prevail of a common law being in force in the United States (which principle possesses… — Thomas Jefferson
Every State is known by the rights it maintains. — Harold Laski
Thus it happens in matters of state; for knowing afar off (which it is only given a prudent man to do) the evils that are… — Niccolo Machiavelli
The fact that we became a nation and immediately separated church and state - it has saved us from all the misery that has beset… — Dumas Malone
Since people, in a competitive or any other society, are by no means always just to each other, some regulation by the state in its… — Felix Morley
Against individualism, the Fascist conception is for the State ... Liberalism denied the State in the interests of the particular individual; Fascism reaffirms the State… — Benito Mussolini
Given that the nineteenth century was the century of Socialism, of Liberalism, and of Democracy, it does not necessarily follow that the twentieth century must… — Benito Mussolini
[J]ust because you have an individual right does not mean that the state or local government can't constrain the exercise of that right... — Barack Obama
Government control of the economy, no matter in whose behalf, has been the source of all the evils in our industrial society -- and the… — Ayn Rand
Some conservatives are surprised to find people on the Left supporting the war in Afghanistan. It's not surprising at all...It is hard for the government… — Sheldon Richman
When the state intervenes to insure the indoctrination of some doctrine, it does so because there is no conclusive evidence in favor of that doctrine. — Bertrand Russell
Surely a large part of the zealous repression of radical protest in America has its roots in the fact that millions of men who are… — John Schaar
Feudalism, serfdom, slavery, all tyrannical institutions, are merely the most vigorous kind to rule, springing out of, and necessarily to, a bad state of man.… — Herbert Spencer
We should not expect the state to appear in the guise of an extravagant good fairy at every christening, a loquacious companion at every stage… — Margaret Thatcher
Today government touches everything in America and harms almost everything it touches. Federal, state, and local governments together spend 42 out of every 100 dollars… — Malcolm Wallop
Were I to sum up the Basle Congress in a word- which I shall guard against pronouncing publicly- it would be this: 'At Basle, I… — Theodor Herzl
Those who today murdered our people in an ambush not only plotted to murder some Jews but intended to provoke us... The Arabs stand to… — David Ben-Gurion
In the midst of wanton aggression, we still call upon the Arab inhabitants of the State of Israel to return to the ways of peace… — David Ben-Gurion
We stand with Israel as a Jewish democratic state because we know that Israel is born of firmly held values that we, as Americans, share:… — Barack Obama
What kind of expression is this - "punishing Israel"? Are we a vassal state of yours? Are we a banana republic? Are we youths of… — Menachem Begin
Who thinks seriously that if we sit on another hilltop, on another hundred meters, that this is what will make the difference for the state… — Ehud Olmert
Israel will not tolerate a situation in which Iran has effective control of non-conventional weapons that can be used directly against the state of Israel. — Ehud Olmert
Iran is a major threat to the well-being of Europe and America just as much as it is for the state of Israel. — Ehud Olmert
I don't think that Iran with a nuclear capability will be just the problem of the state of Israel. This is a matter that concerns… — Moshe Katsav

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