State Service

Famous quotes containing the words state and/or service:

“No man’s nature is able to know what is best for the social state of man; or, knowing, always able to do what is best.”
—Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)

“The true courage of civilized nations is readiness for sacrifice in the service of the state, so that the individual counts as only one amongst many. The important thing here is not personal mettle but aligning oneself with the universal.”
—Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831)