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Social order rests on public opinion, and using force weakens what it tries to maintain
Drawn from what Leo Tolstoy said
What Leo Tolstoy actually said
- Leo Tolstoy Russian novelist and moral philosopher (1828 to 1910)
The existing order is maintained, not by force, but by public opinion, the action of which is disturbed by the use of force. So that the effect of using force is to disturb and to weaken the very thing it tries to maintain.
Where this was said
↗The Kingdom of God Is Within You (1894; Constance Garnett translation)gutenberg.org
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