Famous quotes containing the words solid and/or state:
“The solid and well-defined fir-tops, like sharp and regular spearheads, black against the sky, gave a peculiar, dark, and sombre look to the forest.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion.”
—Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821–1881)