korrents

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Asking governments to give up violence is asking them to abolish themselves

Drawn from what Leo Tolstoy said

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government What states are for and what they are worse at than markets and networks: legitimacy, moral hazard, and who may be entrusted with power.

What Leo Tolstoy actually said

  1. Leo Tolstoy Russian novelist and moral philosopher (1828 to 1910)
    To suggest to governments that they should not have recourse to violence, but should decide their misunderstandings in accordance with equity, is inviting them to abolish themselves as rulers, and that no government can ever consent to do.

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