State Quote by Sophocles

A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.

— Sophocles

“States are built not on the ideals but on the nature of men.”

— Will Durant

“A state that claims to be a savior of mankind necessarily becomes the final judge of mankind.”

— Gary North

The state was made for man, not man for state.

— Albert Einstein

“But now I understand something more fully that I once only understood abstractly. I see how utterly ridiculous it is to think that the…

— Jeffrey Tucker

No state, no government exists. What does in fact exist is a man, or a few men, in power over many men.

— Rose Wilder Lane

“The state is that great fiction by which everyone tries to live at the expense of everyone else.”

— Frederic Bastiat

“There is one thing in the life of men,nations and states which is priceless-honour.”

— Józef Beck

“a man can be human only under human conditions.” The purpose of the state is to preserve these conditions, so that its citizens need…

— Timothy Snyder

“However, he did say that a state that does not educate and train women is like a man who only trains his right arm.”

— Jostein Gaarder

The state is made for man, not man for the state… That is to say, the state should be our servant and not we…

— Albert Einstein

A state is a perfect body of free men, united together to enjoy common rights and advantages.

— Hugo Grotius