State Quotes

The imagination is not a state: it is the human existence itself.

William Blake
A state of true and universal tolerance is best ensured by leaving alone the peculiarities of men and peoples.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Under my plan, the state will be there to carry out the will of the people, not to dictate to them or to force them to do its will.

Mahatma Gandhi
- People
- State
- Dictate
England would be better off without Canada; it keeps her in a prepared state for war at a great expense and constant irritation.

Napoleon Bonaparte
It is rare and very inspiring that a head of state would make such an investment of time to write a book like this. It is a fine gift to the judokas of the world as well as to those of Russia...Vladimir Putin Sensei and his co-writers have established themselves as gifted writers and contributors to the judo world.

Keiko Fukuda
- World
- Book
- Inspiring
Having gathered all power to itself, the State has become the sole focus of all conflict, and it must construct totalitarian defences to match its total exposure.

Anthony de Jasay
- Conflict
- State
- Exposure
The safest way for a state is to lay down the rule that religion is comprised solely in the exercise of charity and justice, and that the rights of rulers in sacred, no less than in secular matters, should merely have to do with actions, but that every man should think what he likes and say what he thinks.

Baruch Spinoza
- Way
- State
- Safest
If we close our eyes to the dark sides of the workers' State which we have helped to create, we shall never reach socialism.

Leon Trotsky
- Create
- Socialism
- Workers