State Quotes
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What the Negro wants - and will not stop until he gets - is absolute and unqualified freedom and equality here in this land of his birth, and not in Africa or in some imaginary state. The Negro no longer will be tolerant of anything less than his due right and heritage. He is pursuing only that which he knows is honorably his. He knows that he is right.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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We must remember that the people of all the States are entitled to all the privileges and immunities of the citizen of the several States. We should bear this in mind, and act in such a way as to say nothing insulting or irritating. I would inculcate this idea, so that we may not, like Pharisees, set ourselves up to be better than other people.
Abraham Lincoln
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The state is not an organism capable of bringing either moral or material improvements to the populace...but merely a vehicle of power for the men and party in power.
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli
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There is no such thing as a life of passion any more than a continuous earthquake, or an eternal fever. Besides, who would ever shave themselves in such a state?
Lord Byron
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Thus it happens in matters of state; for knowing afar off (which it is only given a prudent man to do) the evils that are brewing, they are easily cured. But when, for want of such knowledge, they are allowed to grow so that everyone can recognize them, there is no longer any remedy to be found.
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli
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It's really exciting to have a conference like this in the western part of the state. We've got VC leaders from as far away as the west coast and entrepreneurs from around the Southeast lined up to participate. Whether you're interested in just sharpening your business and selling skills, or looking for serious capital, this conference is for you.
Mark Owen
Take That
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Those who have the command of the arms in a country are masters of the state, and have it in their power to make what revolutions they please. Thus, there is no end to observations on the difference between the measures likely to be pursued by a minister backed by a standing army, and those of a court awed by the fear of an armed people.
Aristotle
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History shows that when a state is intent upon making war against another state, even though not adjacent, it begins to seek frontiers across which it could reach the frontiers of the state which it desires to attack. Usually, the aggressive state finds that frontier.
Joseph Stalin
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Since the state was dismantled in Iraq, institutions have disappeared and people have withdrawn into their clans and tribes.
Ayad Allawi
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Admittedly communism has not been achieved in Russia. State socialism has been built.
Joseph Stalin
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War is very uncertain in its results, and often when affairs look most desperate they suddenly assume a more hopeful state.
George Meade
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Experience has shown that it is difficult, if not impossible, for a populous state to be run by good laws.
Aristotle
