#tate

I visited the Chinese side last year. The Chinese are in a constant state of military readiness. They have all their nuclear weapons in the area, presumably trained on targets across the border. ↗

— Harrison Salisbury

#area #border #chinese #constant #constant state

By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed. ↗

— Sallust

#discord #greatest #smallest #states #thrive

Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond words, they are not to be despised. ↗

— Sallust

#despised #even #go #honorable #most

A human being is a being who is constantly 'under construction,' but also, in a parallel fashion, always in a state of constant destruction. ↗

— Jose Saramago

#always #being #constant #constantly #construction

Francois Hollande is an intelligent man. I do not have a problem with him. The only thing is, he has never held office at the state level. Honestly, can you imagine Francois Hollande as president of France? Imagine it! ↗

— Nicolas Sarkozy

#held #him #honestly #i #i do

It's a question of not copying the masters, to look for something, good or bad, for oneself. To enter this liberated state of mind, one cannot copy the others. ↗

— Nathalie Sarraute

#cannot #copy #copying #enter #good

Nothing is absolute, with the debatable exceptions of this statement and death. ↗

— John Ralston Saul

#death #debatable #exceptions #nothing #statement

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. ↗

— Eisaku Sato

#closely #daily #daily life #each #individual

It is only natural that for any statesman at the helm of any government the question of his country's security should be a concern of the utmost importance. ↗

— Eisaku Sato

#concern #country #government #helm #his

In my Gau, as far as I know, only Communists who had actually worked against the State were arrested. ↗

— Fritz Sauckel

#against #arrested #as far as #communists #far