Body Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Hence, in a state of nature, no man had any moral power to deprive another of his life, limbs, property, or liberty; nor the…

— Alexander Hamilton

Man must never be treated as a means to the end of the state, but always as an end within himself.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

In terms of morals there is no such thing as ‘state.’ Just men. Individuals. Each responsible for his own acts.

— Robert A. Heinlein

'The State Within' demands a certain intelligence from its audience. It doesn't just wash over you - it asks for commitment. And that's a…

— Lennie James

While the State may respectfully require obedience on many matters, it cannot violate the moral nature of a man, convert him into a serviceable…

— Liane Norman

The man the state has put in place must have obedient hearing to his least command when it is right, and even when it's…

— Sophocles

You may freely choose between obedience and disobedience, but know that a man reaps what he sows.

— Craig Williams

“The state tends to make man an instrument to serve its arbitrary ends, overlooking his individual purposes. And since man, in his essence, is…

— Wilhelm Von Humbolt 1792

Man is not made for the state; the state is made for man. To deprive man of freedom is to relegate him to the…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The State is the absolute reality and the individual himself has objective existence, truth and morality only in his capacity as a member of…

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Man is born to seek power, yet his actual condition makes him a slave to the power of others.

— Hans Morgenthau

There is no class of people so hard to manage in a state, as those whose intentions are honest, but whose consciences are bewitched.

— Napoleon Bonaparte