Power State

Famous quotes containing the words power and/or state:

    What wouldst thou do, old man?
    Think’st thou that duty shall have dread to speak
    When power to flattery bows?
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    If the alternative is to keep all just men in prison, or give up war and slavery, the State will not hesitate which to choose.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)