Quotes with state

Quotes 461 till 480 of 491.

  • Sir Walter Raleigh Who so taketh in hand to frame any state or government ought to presuppose that all men are evil, and at occasions will show themselves so to be.
    Sir Walter Raleigh
    British courtier, writer (1552 - 1618)
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  • Antonin Scalia Why can't the state accede to the public's wishes?
    Antonin Scalia
    American jurist (1936 - 2016)
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  • Bart Stupak Why would Senator Allen want to oppose saving money for the state? It's simply another example of Republicans fighting the governor tooth and nail against any measure where she might be able to turn the state's budget around.
    Bart Stupak
    American politician (1952 - )
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  • Vaclav Havel Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations. Without internal peace, that is, peace among citizens and between the citizens and the state, there can be no guarantee of external peace.
    Vaclav Havel
    Czech statesman, writer and former dissident (1936 - 2011)
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  • Buddha Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering - an image of death.
    Buddha
    Spiritual leader, born as Siddhartha Gautama (450 - 370)
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  • James Connolly Without the power of the Industrial Union behind it, Democracy can only enter the State as the victim enters the gullet of the Serpent.
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  • Bev Perdue Women have to be very vigilant, and demand the very best in public schools, health care and pay, those things that men and women of this state value are at risk.
    Bev Perdue
    American businesswoman and politician (1947 - )
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  • Germaine Greer Women's liberation, if it abolishes the patriarchal family, will abolish a necessary substructure of the authoritarian state, and once that withers away Marx will have come true willy-nilly, so let's get on with it.
    Germaine Greer
    Australian writer and public intellectual (1939 - )
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  • Anita Brookner Writing novels preserves you in a state of innocence - a lot passes you by - simply because your attention is otherwise diverted.
    Anita Brookner
    British Writer (1928 - 2016)
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  • Eric Allenbaugh Yes, there are times when something is legitimately not our fault. Blaming others, however, keeps us in a stuck state and is ultimately rough on our own self-esteem.
    Eric Allenbaugh
    American motivator
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  • Thomas à Kempis You are a man, not God; you are human, not an angel. How can you expect to remain always in a constant state of virtue, when this was not possible even for an angel of Heaven, nor for the first man in the Garden?
    Thomas à Kempis
    Dutch medieval Augustinian canon, writer and mystic (1380 - 1471)
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  • Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh You cannot see clearly, because you are so full of expectations, hopes, desires. Your eyes are covered with many layers of dust: you need a deep cleansing of your eyes. That's what meditation is. Let the thoughts disappear, the hopes disappear, the desires disappear. Then you have a clarity, then your eyes are perfect mirrors. Only then, in that silent state of your vision, will you know the secrets of the beyond.
    Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
    Indian godman and mystic (1931 - 1990)
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  • Ian Mcewan You enter a state of controlled passivity, you relax your grip and accept that even if your declared intention is to justify the ways of God to man, you might end up interesting your readers rather more in Satan.
    Ian Mcewan
    English novelist and screenwriter (1948 - )
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  • Benjamin Netanyahu You know, I think, I think the Palestinians are trying to get away without negotiating. They're trying to get a state to continue the conflict with Israel rather than to end it. They're trying to basically detour around peace negotiations by going to the U.N. and have the automatic majority in the U.N. General Assembly give them, give them a state.
    Benjamin Netanyahu
    Israeli politician (2009 - )
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  • Ramana Maharshi You need not aspire for or get any new state. Get rid of your present thoughts, that is all.
    Ramana Maharshi
    Indian Hindu mystic and guru (1879 - 1950)
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  • Caleb Cushing You well know, sir, that when the Constitution was submitted to the People of the respective States for their adoption or rejection, it awakened the warmest debates of the several State conventions.
    Caleb Cushing
    American Democratic politician and diplomat (1800 - 1879)
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  • Carolyn Wells Youth is a silly, vapid state, Old age with fears and ills is rife; This simple boon I beg of Fate - A thousand years of Middle Life.
    Carolyn Wells
    American writer and poet (1862 - 1942)
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  • Samuel Ullman Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind.
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    Samuel Ullman
    American businessman, poet and humanitarian (1840 - 1924)
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  • Ambrose Bierce Alien. An American sovereign in his probationary state.
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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  • Ambrose Bierce Amnesty, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish.
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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