What are pure states?

Famous quotes containing the words pure and/or states:

    A noble company gathered to develop a society that would create harmony, love, and usefulness. Now I sit on the grave of great hopes.... I look back to see a light that went out from it—small, but bright and pure and true.
    Rebecca Buffum Spring (1811–1911)

    I would like to be the first ambassador to the United States from the United States.
    Barbara Mikulski (b. 1936)