Higher States

Famous quotes containing the words higher and/or states:

“Society cannot do without cultivated men. As soon as the first wants are satisfied, the higher wants become imperative.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“The government of the United States is a device for maintaining in perpetuity the rights of the people, with the ultimate extinction of all privileged classes.”
—Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933)