The life of states cannot, any more than the life of individuals, be conditioned by the force and the will of a unit, however powerful, but by the consensus of a group, which must one day include all states.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I believe nobody is stronger than the state. So the state would be strong, and we have to work altogether to make the strength of the state.
While the State exists there can be no freedom; when there is freedom there will be no State.
Just as the formation of the family is basic to the formation of the state, so the states themselves are the only units that can form the basic constitution of a viable international organization.
When there is state there can be no freedom, but when there is freedom there will be no state.
If the attainment of peace is the ultimate objective of all statesmen, it is, at the same time, something very ordinary, closely tied to the daily life of each individual.
The state has got to be its own master. The modalities of civic life may not be prescribed for it through any power standing outside of that state - be it a private person or be it a community superior, collateral, or subordinate to that state.
There will never be a really free and enlightened State until the State comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived, and treats him accordingly.
The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life.
We want a state wise in its contemplation - just in its actions - and moderate in the reach of government into our lives.
Powerful states can maintain themselves only by crime, little states are virtuous only by weakness.