"In this definition is contained the answer to……" — Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
"In this definition is contained the answer to the question as to what gives men the power to establish laws. What gives them the power to establish laws is the same thing which secures obedience to them - organized violence."
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Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
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