Defending State

Famous quotes containing the words defending and/or state:

“They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance.”
—Edmund Burke (1729–1797)

“Fashion required the suppression of all naturalness—’to walk upright, with unbending joints; to shake hands after the pump- handle formula; to look inexpressibly indifferent towards everybody and everything; and speak only in a mincing voice was to be a decorous member of society.’”
—For the State of Rhode Island, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)