The foremost threat to Iraq’s long-term stability and the broader regional equilibrium is not the Islamic State, it is Shiite militias, many backed by – and some guided by – Iran. – David Petraeus
Gujarat is the fourth state in the world where we have a separate climate-change department. – Narendra Modi
Admitting hundreds of thousands of infiltrators is an existential threat to the State of Israel. – Eli Yishai
Once the state has been founded, there can no longer be any heroes. They come on the scene only in uncivilized conditions. – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
No state on earth can afford to allow several authorities to co-exist next to one another. – Mahmoud Abbas
I’m a former governor, and so I was the chief executive, and when the legislature wasn’t in session, I was running the state. – Evan Bayh
There is no doubt that there is a very strange phenomenon called the ‘State Comptroller.’ – Ehud Olmert
Libya is a failed state and becoming a launching pad for external operations, as is Sinai in Egypt. – Mike McCaul
The Land of Israel goes with the Torah of Israel under the sovereignty of the State of Israel. – Naftali Bennett
Those who abhors democracy would rarely immigrate to an authoritarian state if they have to. – Joe Chung