State Quotes

Let me first state that I believe that marriage is a sacred union between one man and one woman.

Lawyers advocate more so than state their own positions.

Iran is a major threat to the well-being of Europe and America just as much as it is for the state of Israel.

John Foster Dulles had called on me in his capacity as Secretary of State, and he had exhausted every argument to persuade me to place Cambodia under the protection of the South East Asia Treaty Organization.

When it was over my daughter said, 'Oh, I felt so sorry for him - he didn't want to hurt you, he liked you.' That was Victoria. When you visualize him up there on top of the Empire State Building, you do feel sorry for him.

Today, we talk a lot about terrorism, but we rarely talk about state terrorism.

Right now, we have no possibility of politics because we have a one-party state.

There was no Congressional Club for my first campaign. There was no organized state group of Young Republicans, but there was a dedicated core of young people who volunteered to do anything my campaign needed.

Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state.

Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates revolutions.

We can't continue to kick the can when it comes to the fiscal state of this country.

Could I say that the reason that I am here today, you know, from the mouth of the State Department itself, is: I should not be allowed to travel because I have struggled for years for the independence of the colonial peoples of Africa.

When the Jewish state is established - it is very possible that the result will be transfer of Arabs.

I have found adventure in flying, in world travel, in business, and even close at hand... Adventure is a state of mind - and spirit.

As everyone in Louisiana knows, there was often no communication or coordination between the state and federal government in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

We're in the hands of the state legislature and God, but at the moment, the state legislature has more to say than God.

What I found when I became Secretary of State was a lot of doubts and a lot of concerns and fears from friends, allies, around the world.

The reform of state industry, and most directly related to that, the banking sector, is enormously daunting.

I have a chemical imbalance that, in its most extreme state, will lead me to a mental hospital.

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us.

Where else but in America could a schoolteacher from Kansas City end up the governor of her adopted state?

If a hurricane strikes, we can blame the president for not being there; we can blame Congress and FEMA; we can blame the state governments; but in the end, it's the mayors and the local city governments that have to be prepared for emergencies and be prepared to act.

We are sinful not only because we have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, but also because we have not yet eaten of the Tree of Life. The state in which we are is sinful, irrespective of guilt.

With respect to Holy Communion, it is up to the communicant to decide whether they are in a state of grace and worthy to receive the Eucharist. Each one of us makes that decision.

I believe marriage should be between one man and one woman. That's my view, and that'll be the view of our state because I wouldn't sign a bill that - like the one that was in New York.

We must not only cease our present desire for the growth of the state, but we must desire its decrease, its weakening.

An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany.

In a very alert and bright state of society people learn co-operation by themselves, but in older and quieter conditions of laboring enterprise, such a bill as I propose will point out the way to mutual exertion.

I'm thinking about governing as the governor of this state, and that's what I'm going to do.

In our own state, we came up with, I think, what was a very novel approach to closing the gap on the uninsured. To harmonize medical records - which was a major step in getting costs out of the system.