“Self-defense is a universal exception to the state’s monopoly on legitimate violence. State failure drives the self-defense doctrine through the imminence requirement.… — Nicholas Johnson Copy Share Image
When you have large-scale legitimated violence in a place that is divided as profoundly and bitterly as Kentucky was, the legitimate violence… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
“Max Weber, who we met in the previous chapter, provided the most famous and widely accepted definition of the state, identifying it… — Daron Acemoğlu Copy Share Image
“Keeping a monopoly on legitimate violence is still the proven best way to limit violence and allow reason some asylum where it… — Jacques Rancière Copy Share Image
Violence is not inevitable. I mean, the only inevitable form of violence is the kind that we understand, the only legitimate (if… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
