State Quotes

Better lose me than lose a state.

When you play a character, you bring yourself into the character. You get a chance to shine and show your translation for the character and her state of mind.

To my mind, there is a solution which has to do with democracy, because democratic governments are subject to the will of the people. So, if the people will it, you can actually create international institutions through the democratic states.

What happens with every role, you have to trick yourself, you have to creatively find ways to explore the mental state of your character.

The death penalty? Give me a break. It’s easy. Abortion? Absolutely easy. Nobody ever thought the constitution prevented restrictions on abortion. Homosexual sodomy? Come on. For 200 years, it was criminal in every state.

I proceed, gentlemen, to call your attention to the present state of insane persons confined within the commonwealth; in cages, closets, cellars, stalls, pens; chained, naked, beaten with rods, and lashed into obedience.

Even when I’m in quite a happy state of mind, I like writing really sad songs. I think a lot of people do.

Sometimes you don’t miss the place, the time but the state of mind.

It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.

I turn to history not for lessons but to confront my experience with the experience of others and to win for myself a sense of responsibility for the state of the human conscience.