Remark in 1968, quoted in Improving Canada's Democracy (2006) by Terry Julian, p. 14
“The stronger and more powerful a state, the highest and richer the life of its inhabitants.”
Alfredo Rocco (1875–1935) Italian politician and jurist
As quoted in Modern Political Ideologies, Third Edition, Andrew Vincent, West Sussex, UK, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, p. 156
Frédéric Bastiat (1801–1850) French classical liberal theorist, political economist, and member of the French assembly
“Science is a way to pursue one's sense of inquiry at the expense of the State.”
Lev Artsimovich (1909–1973) Soviet physicist
as quoted by E.E. Kintner at the Artsimovich Memorial Session of the Seventh International Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research
“No state more extensive than the minimal state can be justified.”
Robert Nozick (1938–2002) American political philosopher
Source: (1974), Ch. 10 : A Framework for Utopia; The Framework, p. 297
John Constable (1776–1837) English Romantic painter
Letter to Rev. John Fisher (3 November 1823), from John Constable's Correspondence, ed. R.B. Beckett (Ipswich, Suffolk Records Society, 1962-1970), part 6, pp. 142-143
1820s
“The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of the state of your mind.”
Wayne W. Dyer (1940–2015) American writer
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America
Letter to James Madison, Paris, (20 December 1787), The Political Writings Of Thomas Jefferson, Dumbauld, Edit. (1955) pp. 67-68
1780s
Hans Küng (1928) Swiss Catholic priest, theologian and author
"If Obama were Pope" (31 January 2009) http://www.progressiveinvolvement.com/progressive_involvement/2009/01/if-obama-were-pope-by-professor-hans-kung.html <br class="br">Context: The Pope would have an easier job than the President of the United States in adopting a change of course. He has no Congress alongside him as a legislative body nor a Supreme Court as a judiciary. He is absolute head of government, legislator and supreme judge in the church. If he wanted to, he could authorize contraception over night, permit the marriage of priests, make possible the ordination of women and allow eucharistic fellowship with this Protestant churches. What would a Pope do who acted in the spirit of Obama?
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States
Source: Tomorrow Is Now (1963), pp. 119–120
Context: We must know what we think and speak out, even at the risk of unpopularity. In the final analysis, a democratic government represents the sum total of the courage and the integrity of its individuals. It cannot be better than they are. … In the long run there is no more exhilarating experience than to determine one's position, state it bravely and then act boldly.
