Quotes About State

The man of great wealth owes a peculiar obligation to the state because he derives special advantages from the mere existence of government.

The separation of church and state is a source of strength, but the conscience of our nation does not call for separation between men of state and faith in the Supreme Being.

For pleasure is a state of soul, and to each man that which he is said to be a lover of is pleasant.

First, then, State Socialism, which may be described as the doctrine that all the affairs of men should be managed by the government, regardless of individual choice.

The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every right to the state. They both deny that right is superior to authority.

One man by delaying saved the state for us.

The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid: the state of being alone.

My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical, Shakes so my single state of man That function is smothered in surmise, And nothing is but what is not.

Gaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine.

As high as mind stands above nature, so high does the state stand above physical life. Man must therefore venerate the state as a secular deity.

The economic and political roots of the conflicts are too strong. Nor can it pretend to create a lasting state of harmonious understanding between men.

The virtue of the good man is necessarily the same as the virtue of the citizen of the perfect state.

The Free State men, myself among them, took it for granted that Missouri was a slave state.

Send forth the child and childish man together, and blush for the pride that libels our own old happy state, and gives its title to an ugly and distorted image.

There is nothing that gives a man consequence, and renders him fit for command, like a support that renders him independent of everybody but the State he serves.

If the alternative is to keep all just men in prison, or give up war and slavery, the State will not hesitate which to choose.

de esos vagones de trocha angosta que usaban los Ferrocarriles del Estado para viajes cortos, como ella solía recordarlos, entre La Serena y Vicuña, un camino con cuestas empinadas y túneles que oscurecían el carro por apenas segundos. Los

One side-effect of the so-called war on terror has been a crisis of liberalism. This is not only a question of alarmingly illiberal legislation, but a more general problem of how the liberal state deals with its anti-liberal enemies.

For the liberal state to accommodate a diversity of beliefs while having few positive convictions is one of the more admirable achievements of civilization.

Because subjects like literature and art history have no obvious material pay-off, they tend to attract those who look askance at capitalist notions of utility. The idea of doing something purely for the delight of it has always rattled the grey-bearded guardians of the state. Sheer pointlessness has always been a deeply subversive affair.

Criminal law, in which the state detects the offence, takes the accused to court and demands and imposes punishment, simply did not exist in early medieval society.

Confusion is a wilfully induced state of mind. we can enter or exit it at will. Man deliberately confuses himself in order to plead ignorance.

We are one people—our enemies have made us one whether we will or not, as has repeatedly happened in history. Affliction binds us together, and thus united, we suddenly discover our strength. Yes, we are strong enough to form a State, and, indeed, a model State.

Opinions are not only actions but often lethal weapons. In all known wars, the opposing sides attack each other's beliefs and symbols ... The standard that should carry the greatest importance for both the state and the individual is the equal value of all human beings. Every other principle should stem from this.