Famous quotes containing the words state and/or lands:
“While the system of holding people in hostage is as old as the oldest war, a fresher note is introduced when a tyrannic state is at war with its own subjects and may hold any citizen in hostage with no law to restrain it.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
“The sea
Severs not only lands but also selves.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)