Logo
The worth of a State, in the long run, is the worth of the individ

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

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
State
category

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

Category:
State

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

Category:
State

The State is to make what is useful. The individual is to make what is beautiful. – Oscar Wilde

Category:
State

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

Category:
State

Random Quotes

Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, “Where have I gone wrong?” Then a voice says to me, “This is going to take more than one night.” – Charles M. Schulz

Category:
Night

Scientia is knowledge. It is only in the popular mind that it is equated with facts. – John Charles Polanyi

Category:
Knowledge

Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they dont quit. – Conrad Hilton

Category:
Success

Organized slaughter, we realize, does not settle a dispute; it merely silences an argument. – James Frederick Green

Category:
War