State Benefit Quotes

Empires aren’t out there to do good. They are out there to benefit the nation state.

Anytime the president visits Nebraska its good for Nebraska.

In the history of mankind many republics have risen, have flourished for a less or greater time, and then have fallen because their citizens lost the power of governing themselves and thereby of governing their state; and in no way has this loss of power been so often and so clearly shown as in the tendency to turn the government into a government primarily for the benefit of one class instead of a government for the benefit of the people as a whole.

I have about half a million dollars more than my family will need. What is the best thing I can do with it for the State.

With the consent of the people, I will seek to continue service in Congress for the well-being of our state and our nation.

The true test is, whether the object be of a local character, and local use; or, whether it be of general benefit to the states. If it be purely local, congress cannot constitutionally appropriate money for the object. But, if the benefit be general, it matters not, whether in point of locality it be in one state, or several; whether it be of large, or of small extent.

The advancement of coal research will benefit Wyoming, its people, and the coal industry. I fully support it.

In other words, we do not have to be obsessed with privatizing immediately and at any cost. No, we will not do it at any cost. We will do it in a way that ensures maximum benefit for the Russian state and the Russian economy.