Bears Quote by Thucydides

The misfortune in the state is, that nobody can enjoy life in peace, but that everybody must govern; and in art, that nobody will…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Man is not made for the state; the state is made for man. To deprive man of freedom is to relegate him to the…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

A man must first care for his own household before he can be of use to the state. But no matter how well he…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an…

— Thomas Paine

If an American is to amount to anything he must rely upon himself, and not upon the State; he must take pride in his…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Politics and the affairs of State are dissociated from the orbit of the individual, and in so far as they cannot be repossessed as…

— John Carroll

A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country's good.

— Aristophanes

You can't have a country or a city or a state that's worth a damn unluss you govern within yourself in your day-to-day life.

— Lee Iacocca

No man ought to own more property than needed for his livelihood; the rest, by right, belonged to the state.

— Benjamin Franklin

The real struggle for us is for the citizen to cease to be the property of the state.

— Adam Michnik

“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

“Perhaps modern esteem for these figures serves as a reminder that, though statesmen may have to struggle mightily to advance their cause, and though…

— Chris DeRose