State Quotes
7915 State quotes by 4102 unique authors
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Arizona's law makes what is already a federal offense - being in the country illegally - a state offense. Some critics seem not to understand…
— George Will
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The 1935 Social Security Act established 65 as the age of eligibility for payouts. But welfare state politics quickly becomes a bidding war, enriching the…
— George Will
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For the first time since 2007 there is political momentum behind fixing the immigration system. President Obama in his State of the Union speech reached…
— Juan Williams
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In the 2000 presidential election, Al Gore got more votes than George W. Bush, but still lost the election. The Supreme Court's ruling in Florida…
— Juan Williams
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The 2012 presidential campaign's turn away from the classic, straight-up, American election - where the candidate who gets the most votes nationwide wins - is…
— Juan Williams
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Violence is not to be undertaken by private persons. If a state or administration acts without due and visible attention to agreed international process, it…
— Rowan Williams
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In our natural state, we are glorious beings. In the world of illusion, we are lost and imprisoned, slaves to our appetites and our will…
— Marianne Williamson
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If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects…
— E. O. Wilson
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The entire world is now a rival to Silicon Valley. No country, state, region, nor city has a lock on innovation in technology anymore.
— Fred Wilson
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I believe the greatest asset a head of state can have is the ability to get a good night's sleep.
— Harold Wilson
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After we were hit on September 11, 2001, we were in a state of national shock. Less than six weeks later, on October 26 2001,…
— Naomi Wolf
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Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.
— John Wooden
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A multitude of causes unknown to former times are now acting with a combined force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind, and unfitting…
— William Wordsworth
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Oregonians aren't the only ones who recognize the extraordinary service and sacrifice of their state's National Guard.
— Ron Wyden
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I grew up under Thatcher. I grew up believing that I was fundamentally powerless. Then gradually over the years it occurred to me that this…
— Thom Yorke
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I have about concluded that wealth is a state of mind, and that anyone can acquire a wealthy state of mind by thinking rich thoughts.
— Andrew Young
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Alaska itself is an unusual state.
— Fareed Zakaria
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The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders.
— Abdul Kalam
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One of the great things about being a writer/journalist is that my boss loves me to go out and do features on being someone else.…
— Caitlin Moran
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When someone at the State Department proclaims Facebook to be the most organic tool for promoting democracy the world has ever seen - that's a…
— Evgeny Morozov
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Going to religious places gives me clarity. When I am sitting there, I am in a state of gratitude with my defence mechanism down and…
— Arjun Rampal
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Mobile notifications put people in a state of perpetual emergency interruption - similar to what 911 operators and air traffic controllers experienced back in the…
— Douglas Rushkoff
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There is something to be said for the power of figureheads. After Hillary Clinton became secretary of state, a record number of countries posted female…
— Jessica Valenti
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There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt…
— Alexandre Dumas
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If you're a nobody, if your work has no impact, then it deserves to be praised. If, however, you climb out of that state of…
— Paulo Coelho
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