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Quotations regarding 'State'

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The generality have considered that disease is but a confused and disordered effort in Nature, thrown down from her proper state, and defending herself in vain.
Thomas Sydenham, English Scientist (1624-1689)
I believe the military should be wary of diplomacy until war is declared; then the State Department should keep its nose out and let the military do whatever is necessary to win.
Stuart Symington, American Businesman (1901-1988)
But democracy isn't a state of perfection. It has to be improved, and that means constant vigilance.
Antonio Tabucchi, Italian Writer (1943-  )
The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.
Tacitus, Roman Historian
In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
Tacitus, Roman Historian
When the state is most corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
Tacitus, Roman Historian
What we don't talk about enough is Ohio's unique and remarkable quality of life. We are a state of cities, small towns and growing suburbs where life is affordable and destinations within reach. There is no better place to raise a family.
Bob Taft, American Politician (1942-  )
Rather, it is through conciliation and compromise that we are building a fair Iraq, a just state for all its peoples.
Jalal Talabani, Iraqi Politician (1933-  )
The art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence.
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French Diplomat (1754-1838)
Serious poetry deals with the fundamental conflicts that cannot be logically resolved: we can state the conflicts rationally, but reason does not relieve us of them.
Allen Tate, American Poet (1899-1979)
Invite the best and brightest to compete for a grand prize to come up with designs, including new zoning, building codes and so forth, for New Orleans that could make it safe from water, and let the state and city pick the plan that works best for Louisiana.
Billy Tauzin, American Politician (1943-  )
Lenin was the first to discover that capitalism 'inevitably' caused war; and he discovered this only when the First World War was already being fought. Of course he was right. Since every great state was capitalist in 1914.
A. J. P. Taylor, British Historian (1906-1990)
We might say that the state is like an addictive drug: the more of it we have, the more we 'need' it and the more we come to 'depend' on it.
Michael Taylor, American Criminal
While the President leads his potential adversaries in almost every state, his support is soft. He is seen as honest, sincere, just, and friendly but gets mediocre or relatively poor ratings being competent strong, intelligent, and a forceful leader.
Robert Teeter, American Politician
I felt fine after 24 hours and asked the state commission to prolong my stay in space to three days. And I carried out the entire schedule. Could I have done that if I had been half-dead?
Valentina Tereshkova, Russian Astronaut (1937-  )
Hawaii is not a state of mind, but a state of grace.
Paul Theroux, American Novelist (1941-  )
Never be lucid, never state, if you would be regarded great.
Dylan Thomas, Welsh Poet (1914-1953)
For two decades the state has been taking liberties, and these liberties were once ours.
E. P. Thompson, British Historian (1924-1993)
An important part of what the state does is preserving its history.
James R. Thompson, American Politician (1936-  )
We in Illinois are very fortunate to have a number of historic structures that have added immeasurably to the cultural life of the state, to the tourism industry of the state which by the way is our number one industry.
James R. Thompson, American Politician (1936-  )
 
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