State

State

State commonly refers to either the present condition of a system or entity, or to a governed entity (such as a country) or sub-entity (such as an autonomous territory of a country).

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Famous quotes containing the word state:

    “A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.”
    —Edmund Burke (1729–1797)

    “Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be born, and go through our changes in a similar state of shock.”
    —James Baldwin (1924–1987)

    “When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl—and look at the ailing, aching state a young wife generally is doomed to—which you can’t deny is the penalty of marriage.”
    —Victoria (1819–1901)