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:

    “While the State exists there can be no freedom; when there is freedom there will be no State.”
    —Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870–1924)

    “If intercourse gives you thrombosis
    And continence causes neurosis,
    I’d rather expire
    Fulfilling desire
    Than live in a state of psychosis.”
    —Anonymous.

    “Me, rule? Me, place the State under my law, when my feeble reason no longer rules even myself!”
    —Jean Racine (1639–1699)