State Quotes

7915 State quotes by 4102 unique authors

The biggest and most deadly 'tax' rate on the poor comes from a loss of various welfare state benefits - food stamps, housing subsidies and… — Thomas Sowell
Lawyers advocate more so than state their own positions. — Arlen Specter
Pennsylvania is a very tough state; people don't last long in Pennsylvania politics. — Arlen Specter
When Pat Robertson says there is no constitutional doctrine of separation of church and state, I say he is wrong. — Arlen Specter
Any reasonable economist will tell you that it's nearly impossible to isolate the impact of right-to-work laws on a state's job growth. A multitude of… — Eliot Spitzer
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. — Baruch Spinoza
Sin cannot be conceived in a natural state, but only in a civil state, where it is decreed by common consent what is good or… — Baruch Spinoza
In 2007, when I was governor of New York, I proposed that our state once again permit undocumented immigrants to obtain a driver's license. To… — Eliot Spitzer
You learn that you either are going to have a police state where you don't have any freedom left, or you're going to build a… — John Shelby Spong
Inequality for gay and lesbian people is no longer a debatable issue in either church or state. — John Shelby Spong
The single despot stands out in the face of all men, and says: I am the State: My will is law: I am your master:… — Lysander Spooner
The married state, with and without the affection suitable to it, is the completest image of heaven and hell we are capable of receiving in… — Richard Steele
Sectional football games have the glory and the despair of war, and when a Texas team takes the field against a foreign state, it is… — John Steinbeck
Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it is all profit, it completes our education, founds and fosters… — Robert Louis Stevenson
More than 150 heads of state attended the UN Summit, giving New Yorkers a chance to get in touch with prejudices they didn't even know… — Jon Stewart
I exist in a state of almost perpetual hysteria. — Sting
Fatherlessness didn't strike me as being an event. It was a state of life. — Tom Stoppard
The idea of the state is, or should be, a very limited, prescribed idea. The state looks after the defense of the realm, and other… — Tom Stoppard
Reading - the best state yet to keep absolute loneliness at bay. — William Styron
When the satisfaction or the security of another person becomes as significant to one as one's own satisfaction or security, then the state of love… — Harry Stack Sullivan
The Democratic party of Florida has put a temperance plank in its platform and the Republican party of every state would nail that plank in… — Billy Sunday
Defining marriage is a power that should be left to the states. Moreover, no state should be forced to recognize a marriage that is not… — John Sununu
Of course, presidents are always blamed or rewarded for the state of the economy. — James Surowiecki
The government's desire to expand global trade may be understandable, but we mustn't give away too much. We must tell our elected representatives to at… — David Suzuki
That every man after the life in the world lives to eternity, is evident from this, that man is then spiritual, and no longer natural,… — Emanuel Swedenborg

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