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The power of the state is measured by the power that men surrender to it.


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Socialism and federalism are necessarily political opposites, because the former demands that centralized concentration of power which the latter by definition denies.

Socialism and federalism are necessarily political opposites, because the former demands that centralized concentration of power which the latter by definition denies.



A right without an attendant responsibility is as unreal as a sheet of paper which has only one side.

A right without an attendant responsibility is as unreal as a sheet of paper which has only one side.



It is a reality attested by all history that if a republic assumes imperial functions it will not remain a republic.

It is a reality attested by all history that if a republic assumes imperial functions it will not remain a republic.



Intelligence plus experience creates ideas, and experimentation with that form of chemistry-the contact of ideas with events-is the field of adult education.

Intelligence plus experience creates ideas, and experimentation with that form of chemistry-the contact of ideas with events-is the field of adult education.



The State, in short, subjects people, whereas Society associates them voluntarily.

The State, in short, subjects people, whereas Society associates them voluntarily.





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