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The State must follow, and not lead, the character and progress of

The State must follow, and not lead, the character and progress of the citizen. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion. – Henri Frederic Amiel

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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

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In the twentieth century one of the most personal relationships to have developed is that of the person and the state. Its become a fact of life that governments have become very intimate with people, most always to their detriment. – E. L. Doctorow

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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

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At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings. – Hector Berlioz

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When elected officials abandon our environment and ruin our natural resources, public health is endangered. I know the importance of providing a clean environment for our children I have attended more than one funeral for a child who has died from an asthma attack. – Gwen Moore

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Between what matters and what seems to matter, how should the world we know judge wisely? – E. C. Bentley

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