#state

Furthermore, the unearned increment from land appears in the United States as a gain to the first comers, who have here laid the foundations of a new State. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

#comers #first #foundations #furthermore #gain

It is a beneficent incident of the ownership of land that a pioneer who reduces it to use, and helps to lay the foundations of a new State, finds a profit in the increasing value of land as the new State grows up. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

#finds #foundations #grows #helps #incident

The Democratic party of Florida has put a temperance plank in its platform and the Republican party of every state would nail that plank in their platform if they thought it would carry the election. ↗

— Billy Sunday

#democratic #democratic party #election #every #florida

Defining marriage is a power that should be left to the states. Moreover, no state should be forced to recognize a marriage that is not within its own laws, Constitution, and legal precedents. ↗

— John Sununu

#defining #forced #laws #left #legal

If you wait until those weapons pose a direct, clear, present danger to the United States, you've probably waited too long. ↗

— John Sununu

#danger #direct #long #pose #present

Simply put, broadband voice is an interstate matter that must be dealt with through clear national standards. ↗

— John Sununu

#clear #dealt #interstate #matter #must

The principal role of the President of the United States is the security of the country and participating in trying to stabilize the world. ↗

— John Sununu

#participating #president #principal #role #security

This is technology that will not go away. And to risk it moving into the hands of a terrorist group like al Qaeda or to other focused enemies of the United States, would have tragic consequences. ↗

— John Sununu

#away #consequences #focused #go #go away

I believe the military should be wary of diplomacy until war is declared; then the State Department should keep its nose out and let the military do whatever is necessary to win. ↗

— Stuart Symington

#declared #department #diplomacy #i #i believe

The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws. ↗

— Tacitus

#laws #more #numerous #state