Famous quotes containing the words state, defence and/or order:
“If the propositions of this Discourse are tenable, the state of progressive collapse is precisely that state in which alone we are warranted in considering All Things.”
—Edgar Allan Poe (18091849)
“There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.”
—E.V. (Edward Verrall)
“The order of the world is always rightsuch is the judgment of God. For God has departed, but he has left his judgment behind, the way the Cheshire Cat left his grin.”
—Jean Baudrillard (b. 1929)