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States Quotes - Page 47

Sickness is a sort of early old age; it teaches us a diffidence in our earthly state.

Alexander Pope (1853). “The poetical works of Alexander Pope”, p.73

There is separation of colored people from white people in the United States. That separation is not a disease of colored people. It is a disease of white people. I do not intend to be quiet about it.

Speech given on May 3, 1946 at Lincoln University, where he was receiving an honorary degree; as reported in "Baltimore Afro-American", May 11, 1946.

They who pray not, know nothing of God, and know nothing of the state of their own souls.

Adam Clarke (1831). “Discourses on various subjects relative to the being and attributes of God, and his works in creation, providence, and grace”, p.146

The struggle to get weapons is continuous, but the United States will aid us, if it finds Israel displaying a willingness for peace.

Yitzhak Rabin, Efraim Inbar, Merkaz Besa le-meḥḳarim asṭraṭegiyim (1996). “Yitzhak Rabin and Israeli national security: special memorial issue”

The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative.

"Greenfield: Un-kept promises" by Jeff Greenfield, www.cnn.com. January 24, 2007.

beauty’ is related not to ‘loveliness’ but to a state in which reality plays a part.

William Carlos Williams (1991). “The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams”, p.204, New Directions Publishing

The United States never lost a war or won a conference.

Remark after the Versailles Peace Conference. "Wit and Wisdom". Book edited by Jack Lait, 1936.

Yet another thing Canadians and Europeans have in common is an obsession with the United States, and with distinguishing themselves from it, often by crude stereotyping.

Timothy Garton Ash (2012). “Facts are Subversive: Political Writing from a Decade without a Name”, p.124, Atlantic Books Ltd

Even imperfection itself may have its ideal or perfect state.

Thomas De Quincey, James Thomas Fields (1851). “De Quincey's Writings: Miscellaneous essays. 1851”, p.22