Quotes about States

"The 'highest' states of mind held up before mankind by christianity as of supreme value, are actually forms of convulsive epilepsy."
-Friedrich Nietzsche

"The government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion."
-George Washington

"If the Old Testament were a reliable guide in the matter of capital punishment, half the people in the United States would have to be killed tomorrow."
-Steve Allen

"How many ages hence Shall this our lofty scene be acted over In states unborn and accents yet unknown!"
-William Shakespeare

"Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live on in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan."
-Franklin D. Roosevelt

"There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened."
-Douglas Adams

"There is a theory which states that if ever for any reason anyone discovers what exactly the Universe is for and why it is here it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another that states that this has already happened."
-Douglas Adams

"The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom."
-John Locke

"The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved."
-Confucius

"The United States can't be so fixed on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans..."
-Bill Clinton

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free."
-Ronald Reagan

"We must make it clear that a platform of 'I hate gay men and women' is not a way to become president of the United States."
-Jimmy Carter

"The government of the United States is not in any sense founded upon the Christian religion."
-John Adams

"I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli."
-George W. Bush

"Strongly guarded as is the separation between religion and government in the Constitution of the United States the danger of encroachment by Ecclesiastical Bodies, may be illustrated by precedents already furnished in their short history."
-James Madison

"The Vietnamese people deeply love independence, freedom and peace. But in the face of United States aggression they have risen up, united as one man."
-Ho Chi Minh

"States should have the right to enact... laws...particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a life that otherwise could live."
-George W. Bush

"By heritage and by choice, the United States of America will make that stand."
-George W. Bush

"Perhaps this is something that should have been done long ago, ... It is a time to reflect who he was and the impact he had on the United States and the Constitution."
-Alan Gould

"I haven't, in the 23 years that I have been in the uniformed services of the United States of America, ever violated an order - not one."
-Oliver North

"It seems the Chinese would like to proceed and get back to business as usual with the United States in the wake of all the difficulties the relationship had in the past months. And human rights, of course, is a traditional bone of contention."
-Bates Gill

"States have the right to draw the line between abortion and infanticide. [This Act] defines the point at which a child is a person under the law and therefore entitled to rights, including the most basic right to life."
-Robert Muise

"The three most restrictive states are Connecticut, New Jersey and New York which prohibit the use of hand-help phones while driving. So in those states, you can use a hands free device, but you just can't use the hand held phone."
-Matt Sundeen

"It's a tough budget with tough choices. We do believe the best way to insure the long-term success of HELP [High Expectations for Learning Proficiency] and other important programs is to close our current budget gap and insure the state's long-term economic viability."
-Brendan Gilfillan

"They looked good out there. I expect to have a couple of girls in the top five at states after it's all over."
-Charles Brooks

"We've definitely been following apparel and textile manufacturing production leaving the United States and going to Asia, the Middle East and the Caribbean."
-Will Motchar

"This survey is a clear message to the citizens of California that our out-of-control legal system is hurting our state's economy and in urgent need of reform."
-David Houston

"The PACE Legal Committee has prepared a draft report on the fulfillment of the legal requirement concerning the ban on the death penalty by states that are members of the Council of Europe or observers at that European international organization."
-Konstantin Kosachyov