Land State Provincial

Famous quotes containing the words land, state and/or provincial:

    When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was nearer; for God thought, “If the people face war, they may change their minds and return to Egypt.”
    Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 13:17.

    Politics is about putting yourself in a state of grace.
    Paddy Ashdown (b. 1941)

    The dead level of provincial existence.
    George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)