Foundation Quote by Hilary Benn

It is unfortunately none too well understood that, just as the State has no money of its own, so it has no power of…

— Albert J. Nock

We have to allow people in the states to make their own decisions, to get government agencies out of the way and let local…

— Pete Sessions

We cannot build foundations of a state without rule of law.

— Mahmoud Abbas

The state must be the first to be organized and totally committed to serving the interests of the people. We must always be clear…

— Samora Machel

The idea of the state is, or should be, a very limited, prescribed idea. The state looks after the defense of the realm, and…

— Tom Stoppard

In a federal structure such as ours, state governments are imperative for the smooth functioning of our overall polity. They can't just be wished…

— Pinarayi Vijayan

The State is a professional apparatus that sets itself apart from the people and apart from the institutions that the people themselves create. It's…

— Murray Bookchin

All of the services commonly thought to require the State-from the coining of money to police protection to the development of law in defense…

— Murray Rothbard

The state is based on this contradiction. It is based on the contradiction between public and private life, between universal and particular interests. For…

— Karl Marx

The power of the state to impose restraints and burdens upon persons and property in conservation and promotion of the public health, good order,…

— Melville Fuller

First, we need to focus government on the things that are required of the State. Second, we need to achieve competence in government so…

— Narendra Modi

“within rigidly circumscribed guidelines. All powers not specifically granted to the federal government are reserved to the states and the people. The Founding Fathers…

— Mark Meckler