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title: "2 Coercion State Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [“Love is not coercion, and the state is only an agent of coercion. It has no other function and can work no other way. Its job is to be the last resort in society: the coercion of criminals through punishment.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-mcdurmon/love-is-not-coercion-and-the-state-is-only-an-agent-of-coercion-it/)

[Joel McDurmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-mcdurmon/)

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> [What I say is, that the real non-resistants can believe in direct action only, never in political action. For the basis of all political action is coercion; even when the State does good things, it finally rests on a club,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltairine-de-cleyre/what-i-say-is-that-the-real-non-resistants-can-believe-in-direct/)

[Voltairine de Cleyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltairine-de-cleyre/)

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