"If the state is strong, it crushes us.……" — Paul Valery
"If the state is strong, it crushes us. If it is weak, we perish."
More Crush Quotes
- To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns against the foot that crushes it. In general,… — Mikhail Bakunin
- The sovereign being is burdened with a servitude that crushes him, and the condition of free men is deliberate servility. — Georges Bataille
- I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love. — Henry Ward Beecher
- The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt… — Joseph Addison
- Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one. — Stella Adler
- I've had a few gigs where things have got out of hand and there has been a huge crush with… — Justin Bieber
- My first crush was Spock. I thought it didn't get any better than Spock. — Selma Blair
- When you love someone all your saved up wishes start coming out. — Elizabeth Bowen
- The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don't turn against him, they crush those beneath them. — Emily Bronte
- What men don't want, in fact what anyone who's any sort of thrill-seeking, intelligent adult doesn't want, is some crushing… — Julie Burchill
- The mark of a true crush... is that you fall in love first and grope for reasons afterward. — Shana Alexander
- I was sort of traumatized by girls in the third grade. Because there was a girl in my third grade… — Steve Carell