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:
“The State is to make what is useful. The individual is to make what is beautiful.”
—Oscar Wilde (18541900)
“The Australian mind, I can state with authority, is easily boggled.”
—Charles Osborne (b. 1927)
“The principal saloon was the Howlin Wilderness, an immense log cabin with a log fire always burning in the huge fireplace, where so many fights broke out that the common saying was, We will have a man for breakfast tomorrow.”
—For the State of California, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)