State Nature Preserve

Famous quotes containing the words state, nature and/or preserve:

    Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates revolutions.
    Aristotle (384–322 B.C.)

    Man is fallen; nature is erect, and serves as a differential thermometer, detecting the presence or absence of the divine sentiment in man.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    The whole duty of government is to prevent crime and to preserve contracts.
    William Lamb Melbourne, 2nd Viscount (1779–1848)