The power which establishes a state is violence; the power which maintains it is violence; the power which eventually overthrows it is violence.
Upon you, fellow-citizens, as the representatives of the States and the people, is wisely devolved the legislative power.
There is a reason it used to be a crime in the Confederate states to teach a slave to read: Literacy is power.
The 'anti-globalisation movement' is the most significant proponent of globalisation - but in the interests of people, not concentrations of state-private power.
In the relationship between man and religion, the state is firmly committed to a position of neutrality.
It's a sad state when more people retweet than buy records.
Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.
Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations.
Courts of law, and all the paraphernalia and folly of law cannot be found in a rational state of society.
The state has physical power and uses it when necessary; the power of religion is love and beneficence.
And I started as a journalism major at Ohio State, ended up in theater and I love to read.
Medical decisions have been politicized. What doctor wants a state legislator in his consulting room?
The truth is, no, we don't live in a post-racial state anywhere in America, and this is particularly true in Hollywood.
Simply stated, girls want role models and mentors.
I've never tried to define my states of mind when I write.
An economist is a man who states the obvious in terms of the incomprehensible.
Happiness is a choice. Peace is a state of mind. Both are free!
Illness has always brought me nearer to a state of grace.
I missed that question on Alaska. I hear they want to make it a state now.
The governor has a role in terms of declaring a state of emergency.
In the Illinois State Capitol, in Springfield, farmer-legislators write the agriculture laws.
