State Quotes

7915 State quotes by 4102 unique authors

Character is the only secure foundation of the state. — Calvin Coolidge
The basis of a democratic state is liberty — Aristotle
Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails. What puts man in a higher state of evolution is that he has got his laugh on… — Max Eastman
When you really laugh, for those few moments you are in a deep meditative state. Thinking stops. It is impossible to laugh and think together...If… — Rajneesh
When all is said and done, friendship is the only trustworthy fabric of the affections. So-called LOVE is a delirious inhuman state of mind: when… — Miles Franklin
I understood that you would take the Human Race in the concrete, have exploded the absurd notion of Pope's Essay on Man, [Erasmus] Darwin, and… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
It is with our entire past ... that we desire, will and act ... from this survival of the past it follows that consciousness cannot… — Henri Bergson
The question now at issue, whether the living species are connected with the extinct by a common bond of descent, will best be cleared up… — Charles Lyell
In China the struggle to consolidate the socialist system, the struggle to decide whether socialism or capitalism will prevail, will still take a long historical… — Mao Zedong
After the countrywide victory of the Chinese revolution and the solution of the land problem, two basic contradictions will still exist in China. The first… — Mao Zedong
"Don't you want to abolish state power?" Yes, we do, but not right now. We cannot do it yet. Why? Because imperialism still exists, because… — Mao Zedong
All play aspires to the condition of paradise...through play in all its forms...we hope to achieve a state that our larger Greco-Roman, Judeo- Christian culture… — A. Bartlett Giamatti
If we lived in a state where virtue was profitable, common sense would make us saintly. But since we see that avarice, anger, pride and… — Thomas More
In my mind, he was guilty of no error - he was chargeable with no exaggeration - he was betrayed by his fancy into no… — Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
In accumulating property for ourselves or our posterity, in founding a family or a state, or acquiring fame even, we are mortal; but in dealing… — Henry David Thoreau
Judging by opinion polls, Israel has bigger problems than me. It is among the most hated countries on the planet. It should stop acting like… — Norman Finkelstein
Every work of science great enough to be well remembered for a few generations affords some exemplification of the defective state of the art of… — Charles Sanders Peirce
The longing to behold this pre-established harmony [of phenomena and theoretical principles] is the source of the inexhaustible patience and perseverance with which Planck has… — Albert Einstein
Free passion is radiation without a radiator, a fluid, pervasive warmth that flows effortlessly. It is not destructive because it is a balanced state of… — Chogyam Trungpa
There is one thing in this good old world that is positively sure - happiness is for all who strive to be happy - and… — Douglas Fairbanks
Treat the world like a failed state; then you can understand the players needed to fix it. — Cameron Sinclair
If South Korea is going to survive, and keep the peace on the peninsula, its citizens need to start conveying support for their state. — Brian Reynolds Myers
Reaganism as a political movement has enormous resources behind it and it seeks - through stagecraft and through a tremendous level of effort toward propaganda… — Eugene Jarecki
A state-based regulatory system is quite burdensome. It allows price controls to create market distortions. It can hinder development of national products and can directly… — Henry Paulson
Can anyone seriously imagine a society without stable families? Maybe we should raise all the kids in state orphanages. — Rodney Stark

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