A Status Quo

The status quo. Did I spell that right? And what heck is a status quo. Isn't that term usually called the status quota or something. And what does that mean? A quota that is a status. A quota that is stat. And what is the state of the status quota, quo, quote. Doesn't that usually have something to do with everything must or should be the same, the cookie cutter approach or something. And I have heard the term used during times past in phrases such as " To meet a quota for the day," what is that all about. Wiki Wikipedia, that Internet bible dictionary, must have an answer for this term I think. I should go and read what they have to say about this now. And what does this have to do with a No Police State?