Famous quotes containing the words state, defence and/or order:
“The state is therefore everyone; the rules within the state are laws which safeguard the welfare of all and which must originate from the welfare of all.”
—Georg Büchner (1813–1837)
“Mankind have such a deep stake in inward illumination, that there is much to be said by the hermit or monk in defence of his life of thought and prayer.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Not that it was beautiful,
but that, in the end, there was
a certain sense of order there....”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)