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In the twentieth century one of the most personal relationships to

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

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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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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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As high as mind stands above nature, so high does the state stand above physical life. Man must therefore venerate the state as a secular deity. The march of God in the world, that is what the State is. – G. W. F. Hegel

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Believe you are defeated, believe it long enough, and it is likely to become a fact. – Norman Vincent Peale

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Faith is not trying to believe something regardless of the evidence. Faith is daring to do something regardless of the consequences. – Sherwood Eddy

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There is something at work thats bigger than us. Its about having a trust in life and being at peace that things are happening the way they should. You do what you do as well as you can do it, and then you dont worry or agonize about the outcome. – Sherilyn Fenn

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Search not a wound too deep lest thou make a new one. – Thomas Fuller

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