States Quotes

11619 States quotes by 5153 unique authors

In the weakness of one kind of authority, and in the fluctuation of all, the officers of an army will remain for some time mutinous… — Edmund Burke
Since the end of the World War II, the United States has fought three "small" wars...we lost all three of them and for the same… — Andrew Greeley
Brute force is not our salvation, especially as directed by State central planning and done with little regard for the innocents... — Anthony Gregory
All wars come to an end, at least temporarily. But the authority acquired by the state hangs on; political power never abdicates. — Frank Chodorov
The State acquires power... and because of its insatiable lust for power it is incapable of giving up any of it. The State never abdicates. — Frank Chodorov
The responsibility of the great states is to serve, and not to dominate, the world. — Harry S. Truman
The State thrives on war - unless, of course, it is defeated and crushed - expands on it, glories in it. — Murray Rothbard
There are many terrorist states in the world, but the United States is unusual in that it is officially committed to international terrorism. — Noam Chomsky
War is the Health of the State. — Randolph Bourne
Washington...has become an alien city-state that rules America, and much of the rest of the world, in the way that Rome ruled the Roman Empire. — Richard J. Maybury
The defense policy of the United States is based on a simple premise: The United States does not start fights. We will never be an… — Ronald Reagan
Modern war appears as a struggle led by all the State apparatuses and their general staffs against all men old enough to bear arms... — Simone Weil
Meanwhile the mind, from pleasure less, Withdraws into its happiness; The mind, that ocean where each kind Does straight its own resemblance find; Yet it… — Andrew Marvell
There is no spot of ground, however arid, bare or ugly, that cannot be tamed into such a state as may give an impression of… — Gertrude Jekyll
A garden should be in a constant state of fluid change, expansion, experiment, adventure; above all it should be an inquisitive, loving, but self-critical journey… — H E Bates
The only conception of freedom I can have is that of the prisoner or the individual in the midst of the State. The only one… — Albert Camus
The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Peace /n/: A rare state which has only existed when a despot has been fearsome or strong enough to impose it. The image of your… — Boyd Rice
Unlike the boundaries of the sea by the shorelines, the "ocean of air" laps at the border of every state, city, town and home throughout… — Unknown Author
I can never again see a UNITED STATES MARINE without experiencing a feeling of reverence. — Unknown Author
I feel that the recent ruling of the United States Army and Navy regarding the refusal of colored blood donors is an indefensible one from… — Unknown Author
Fascism accepts the individual only insofar as his interests coincide with the state's. — Benito Mussolini
The assertion that it is the intention of the German Reich to coerce the Austrian State is absurd! — Adolf Hitler
From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Atlantic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind the line lie all the capitals… — Winston Churchill
Love is that enviable state that knows no envy or vanity, only empathy and a longing to be greater than oneself.... — Unknown Author

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