Famous quotes containing the words state and/or election:
“If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion.”
—Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821–1881)
“Savages cling to a local god of one tribe or town. The broad ethics of Jesus were quickly narrowed to village theologies, which preach an election or favoritism.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)