State power may refer to:
- Police power, the capacity of a state to regulate behaviours and enforce order within its territory
- The extroverted concept of power in international relations
- The introverted concept of political power within a society.
- Power (sociology)
- Social influence
- Coercion
Famous quotes containing the words state and/or power:
“Once the state has been founded, there can no longer be any heroes. They come on the scene only in uncivilized conditions.”
—Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831)
“A power I have, but of what strength and nature
I am not yet instructed.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)