Benevolence Quote by Robert Frost

States in the world are like individuals in the state of nature. They are neither perfectly good nor are they controlled by law.

— Kenneth Waltz

We're only one of a few states that have maintained our Triple-A bond rating from the major rating agencies.

— Bob Holden

I believe in the state as a power for good.

— Amber Rudd

States are doomed when they are unable to distinguish good men from bad.

— Antisthenes

It's actually four, because the fifth state they get the advantage with a tie. It's literally four states out of 50, 57 if you're [Barack] Obama.

— Rush Limbaugh

The State is a poor, good beast who means the best: it means friendly.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is work and personal worth which make a State great both politically and industrially, and in my estimation they are to be found…

— Franklin Knight Lane

A state is nothing more than a reflection of its citizens; the more decent the citizens, the more decent the state.

— Ronald Reagan

The best state is that in which bad men are not allowed to hold office, and good men are not allowed to refuse office.

— Pittacus of Mytilene

It is seldom that statesmen have the option of choosing between a good and an evil.

— Charles Caleb Colton

Powerful states can maintain themselves only by crime, little states are virtuous only by weakness.

— Mikhail Bakunin

Even if we are all doomed to live under the state, it doesn't follow that there is, or even can be, such a thing…

— Joseph Sobran