State Quotes

“The Christian state knows only privileges.”

“The State is not the representative of the interests of the whole of society, but only of the interests of the ruling classes.”

“The state is the form of mythology.”

“The separation of state and church must be complemented by the separation of state and science, that most recent, most aggressive, and most dogmatic religious institution.”

“The Emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.”

“Where the State begins, individual liberty ceases, and vice versa.”

“The church, in this case, acts behind the curtain; or if she is seen, it is only as a handmaid of the state.”

“Justiţia trebuie să fie independentă, dar nu trebuie să fie o putere oarbă, surdă şi mută la interesele statului.”

“The punishment of death is the war of a nation against a citizen, whose destruction it judges necessary, or useful to the general good.”

“The murder that is depicted as a horrible crime is repeated in cold blood, remorselessly.”

“The state is not the kingdom of God.”

“To be a leftist is to be a statist.”

“Liberals are the flying buttresses of the state.”

“The law is a racket. So is the state. So are the corporations.”

“To call a spade a spade, 'socialism' is just a code word for state-capitalism.”

“The police state is not a Christian state.”

“For a constitution is the soul of a state, and it has the same power as the mind in the body; for it is this that counsels concerning everything, and preserves what is good, and avoids what is disastrous.”

“Any real state, any real sovereign, has a monopoly on violence. That’s what defines a state.”

“The State is the most flagrant, the most cynical, and the most complete negation of humanity.”

“Every state is a military state.”