Famous quotes containing the words official, state and/or soil:
“In a country where offices are created solely for the benefit of the people no one man has any more intrinsic right to official station than another.”
—Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)
“The State must follow, and not lead, the character and progress of the citizen.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)