State power may refer to:
- Police power, the capacity of a state to regulate behaviours and enforce order within its territory
- The extroverted concept of power in international relations
- The introverted concept of political power within a society.
- Power (sociology)
- Social influence
- Coercion
Famous quotes containing the words state and/or power:
“On the whole our armed services have been doing pretty well in the way of keeping us defended, but I hope our State Department will remember that it is really the department of achieving peace ...”
—Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962)
“‘Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one’s power to do good, riches being another word for power.”
—Mary Wortley, Lady Montagu (1689–1762)