An unrecognized state may be:
- a state currently not recognized by one given state (but possibly by others), see List of states with limited recognition
- a proclaimed state currently not recognized by any other state, without de facto control over its claimed territory, see
- Lists of active separatist movements
- Government in exile
- historical entities:
- List of historical unrecognized states
- List of historical separatist movements
Famous quotes containing the words unrecognized and/or state:
“Not in vain is Ireland pouring itself all over the earth. Divine Providence has a mission for her children to fulfill; though a mission unrecognized by political economists. There is ever a moral balance preserved in the universe, like the vibrations of the pendulum. The Irish, with their glowing hearts and reverent credulity, are needed in this cold age of intellect and skepticism.”
—Lydia M. Child (1802–1880)
“Scepticism is an ability, or mental attitude, which opposes appearances to judgments in any way whatsoever, with the result that, owing to the equipollence of the objects and reasons thus opposed we are brought firstly to a state of mental suspense and next to a state of “unperturbedness” or quietude.”
—Sextus Empiricus (2nd or 3rd cen., A.d.)