State Quotes

Between capitalist and communist society there lies the period of the revolutionary transformation of the one into the other. Corresponding to this is also a political transition period in which the state can be nothing but the revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat.

The young and the old of widely different races, both with man and animals, express the same state of mind by the same movements.

I think an Agnostic would be the more correct description of my state of mind. The whole subject [of God] is beyond the scope of man's intellect.

Every neighbouring state is an enemy and the enemy's enemy is a friend.

Democracy is not a state in which people act like sheep.

Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state becomes lawless or corrupt.

Svanaja includes in itself the whole subject, officials and ministers. If there is something wrong in the conduct of these people, it would be damaging the state. An administrator should strictly deal with it.

For the protection of state and welfare of the people, a ruler should collect all types of wealth. By suing devices of sama, dama, danda, bheda, he should increase income of the state, strong administration helps in collecting different type of taxes from the exchequer.

Every relationship has one or the other motive behind it. Friendship or enmity are not purposeful. Oneness of motive is turned into friendship. While diversity of motive cause enmity. Royal relationships also depend upon one or the other purpose. But such relations are mainly for the welfare of the state.

My opinion is that no state can, in any way lawfully, get out of the Union, without the consent of the others; and that it is the duty of the President, and other government functionaries to run the machine as it is.

The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders.

I used to go away for weeks in a state of confusion.

Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.

I don't see much future for the Americans ... it's a decayed country. And they have their racial problem, and the problem of social inequalities ... everything about the behaviour of American society reveals that it's half Judaised, and the other half negrified. How can one expect a State like that to hold together?

The great strength of the totalitarian state is that it forces those who fear it to imitate it.

Our strength is our quickness and our brutality. Genghis Khan led millions of women and children to slaughter... History sees in him solely the founder of a state... What weak Western European civilization thinks about me is of no consequence.

A state of no less than 36,000,000 inhabitants... took up arms against us... Their confidence ... knew no bounds.