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Country means peace and tolerance, while the State means power and aggression
Drawn from what Randolph Bourne said
What Randolph Bourne actually said
- Randolph Bourne American essayist (1886 to 1918)
Country is a concept of peace, of tolerance, of living and letting live. But State is essentially a concept of power, of competition; it signifies a group in its aggressive aspects.
Where this was said
↗Untimely Papers (essays of 1917-1918, published 1919)gutenberg.org
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