State Quotes

7915 State quotes by 4102 unique authors

So we must lay it down that the association which is a state exists not for the purpose of living together but for the sake… — Aristotle
A state is an association of similar persons whose aim is the best life possible. What is best is happiness, and to be happy is… — Aristotle
But since there is but one aim for the entire state, it follows that education must be one and the same for all, and that… — Aristotle
Conservative evangelicals don't want government support for our faith, because we believe God created all consciences free and a state-coerced act of worship isn't acceptable… — Russell D. Moore
The rule in our society is that while those who kill once make wretched a single person are severely punished, those (heads of state, inventors,… — Philip Slater
I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute - where no Catholic prelate would tell the president (should he… — John F. Kennedy
Where every man in a state has a vote, brutal laws are impossible. — Mark Twain
The State is the coldest of all cold monsters, and coldly it tells lies, and this lie drones on from its mouth: 'I, the State,… — Friedrich Nietzsche
You find this curious fact, that the more intense has been the religion of any period and more profound has been the dogmatic belief, the… — Bertrand Russell
We are going forward with the idea of a multicultural , a multinational state, trying to live in unity, at the same time respecting our… — Evo Morales
Singlehood is not longer a state to be overcome as soon as possible. It has its own rewards. Marriage is not the gateway to adulthood… — Stephanie Coontz
A universal renunciation of violence requires the commitment of the whole of society. These are not matters of government but matters of State; not only… — Federico Mayor Zaragoza
Society may be formed so as to exist without crime, without poverty, with health greatly improved, with little, if any misery, and with intelligence and… — Robert Owen
In peace prepare for war, in war prepare for peace. The art of war is of vital importance to the state. It is matter of… — Sun Tzu
I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like the male spider who is killed by the female the… — George Bernard Shaw
It is the will of God and Nature that these mortal bodies be laid aside, when the soul is to enter into real life; 'tis… — Benjamin Franklin
Reasoned arguments and suggestions which make allowance for the full difficulties of the state of war that exists may help, and will always be listened… — Stafford Cripps
We think we have to do something to be grateful or something has to be done in order for us to be grateful, when gratitude… — Iyanla Vanzant
And if travel is like love, it is, in the end, mostly because it's a heightened state of awareness, in which we are mindful, receptive,… — Pico Iyer
It is probably a pity that every citizen of each state cannot visit all the others, to see the differences, to learn what we have… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid: the state of being alone. — James A. Baldwin
Between capitalist and communist society there lies the period of the revolutionary transformation of the one into the other. Corresponding to this is also a… — Karl Marx
All things are in a state of flux. — Heraclitus
Born often under another sky, placed in the middle of an always moving scene, himself driven by the irresistible torrent which draws all about him,… — Alexis de Tocqueville
The powers in charge keep us in a perpetual state of fear keep us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor with the cry of… — Douglas MacArthur

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