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State Quotes

State ownership! It leads only to absurd and monstrous conclusions; state ownership means state monopoly, concentrated in the hands of one party and its adherents, and that state brings only ruin and bankruptcy to all. Benito Mussolini
States' rights, as our forefathers conceived it, was a protection of the right of the individual citizen. Those who preach most frequently about states' rights today are not seeking the protection of the individual citizen, but his exploitation. . . . The time is long past - if indeed it ever existed - when we should permit the noble concept of States' rights to be betrayed and corrupted into a slogan to hide the bald denial of American rights, of civil rights, and of human rights. Robert Kennedy
State governments generate less revenue in a recession. As state leaders struggle to make up for lost revenue, legislatures tend to cut funding for higher education. Colleges, in turn, answer these funding cuts with tuition hikes. Arne Duncan
H. G. Wells quote: "States organized for war will make war as surely as hens will..."
States organized for war will make war as surely as hens will lay eggs... H. G. Wells
James Joyce quote: "Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing..."
Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed. James Joyce
State propaganda, when supported by the educated classes and when no deviation is permitted from it, can have a big effect. It was a lesson learned by Hitler and many others, and it has been pursued to this day. Noam Chomsky
State government has too often been used to look out for the insiders and not the citizens. This has insulated poverty from progress, and need from remedy. Ernie Fletcher
Arne Duncan quote: "States should not balance their budgets on the backs of students."
States should not balance their budgets on the backs of students. Arne Duncan
Plato quote: "States are as the men, they grow out of human characters."
States are as the men, they grow out of human characters. Plato
Mason Cooley quote: "Stated clearly enough, an idea may cancel itself out."
Stated clearly enough, an idea may cancel itself out. Mason Cooley
Edgar Wilson Nye quote: "States. Of course, I'm speaking only from memory."
States. Of course, I'm speaking only from memory. Edgar Wilson Nye
States are like people. They do not question the awful status quo until some dramatic event overturns the conventional and lax way of thinking. Victor Davis Hanson
State formation has been a brutal project, with many hideous consequences. But the results exist, and their pernicious aspects should be overcome. Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky quote: "States are not moral agents."
States are not moral agents. Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky quote: "States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral..."
States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions. Noam Chomsky

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