The idea of the state is, or should be, a very limited, prescribed idea. The state looks after the defense of the realm, and other matters - raising revenue to pay for things which are for all of us, and so on. That idea has turned turtle now. The state isn't any longer perceived as an institution which exists to serve us.Tom Stoppard
A belligerent state permits itself every such misdeed, every such act of violence, as would disgrace the individual.Sigmund Freud
From behind the Iron Curtain, there are signs that tyranny is in trouble and reminders that its structure is as brittle as its surface is hard.Dwight D. Eisenhower
Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history.Dwight D. Eisenhower
I have only one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?Dwight D. Eisenhower
I have one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?Dwight D. Eisenhower
Well, when you come down to it, I don't see that a reporter could do much to a president, do you?Dwight D. Eisenhower
The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders.Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam
The President's post should not be politicised. Once a president is elected, he is above politics.Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam
