America's relations with complex Middle Eastern states such as Egypt are often difficult.
Elliott AbramsThe prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it.
Edward G. Bulwer-LyttonWithout a common loyalty to either a state or a church they have nevertheless a vast deal in common.
Emily Greene Balch'The State' was a huge thing for me. I watched that and 'SNL' together when I was 15, 16.
Bill HaderIt is poor civic hygiene to install technologies that could someday facilitate a police state.
Bruce SchneierBut which is the State's essential function, aggression or defence, few seem to know or care.
Benjamin TuckerPeople don't want charities to usurp the state as the core provider of social services.
Geoff Mulgan