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:

    “Courts of law, and all the paraphernalia and folly of law ... cannot be found in a rational state of society.”
    —Robert Owen (1771–1858)

    “The state is therefore everyone; the rules within the state are laws which safeguard the welfare of all and which must originate from the welfare of all.”
    —Georg Büchner (1813–1837)

    “What thou art is mine;
    Our state cannot be severed, we are one,
    One flesh; to lose thee were to lose myself.”
    —John Milton (1608–1674)