Big things Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith

You will find that the State is the kind of organization which, though it does big things badly, does small things badly, too.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

[States and the Federal government are] coordinate departments of one simple and integral whole... The one is the domestic, the other the foreign branch…

— Thomas Jefferson

The State is a term for the legislative and administrative machinery whereby certain business of the people is transacted, and badly so.

— Emma Goldman

A strong State Department to me means a corps of career officials who believe that their job is to advocate America's interests and who…

— John Bolton

“- Which State Department, exactly, are we talking about? - The one in Washington, D.C.”

— Tara Janzen

We need a strong and effective State Department. We can't conduct American affairs in the world without it.

— John Bolton

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

I've never had a choice of which government department I would hold. I've always been assigned a department by the Taoiseach.

— Leo Varadkar

The state governments have a full superintendence and control over the immense mass of local interests of their respective states, which connect themselves with…

— Joseph Story

The State Department is essentially... I was going to use the word useless. But I don't know if that's correct.

— Michael Hastings

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

State government is filled with dedicated, diligent professionals.

— Michelle Lujan Grisham