If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion. – Henri Frederic Amiel
While the State becomes inflated and hypertrophied in order to obtain a firm enough grip upon individuals, but without succeeding, the latter, without mutual relationships, tumble over one another like so many liquid molecules, encountering no central energy to retain, fix and organize them. – Emile Durkheim
The worth of a State, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it — a State which dwarfs its men, in order that they may be more docile instruments in its hands even for beneficial purposes — will find that with small men no great thing can really be accomplished. – John Stuart Mill
Every new development for the last three centuries has brought men closer to a state of affairs in which absolutely nothing would be recognized in the whole world as possessing a claim to obedience except the authority of the State. The majority of people in Europe obey nothing else. – Simone Weil
In my cranky old age, I actually prefer recording alone now, on The Simpsons, for example, because I find that the director can just focus on what Im doing and I can do a lot of variations. A lot of times, when I record with a group, Ill stay after class for another hour or two. – Hank Azaria