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The Sphere of the State

National Reformation Radio

English - August 22, 2021 05:54 - 23 minutes - 20.9 MB - ★★★★ - 3 ratings
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"Civil society is man's natural state, for every man is dependent on his fellow-men. All men are regulated by, and owe their freedom to one law, the great law — “Do unto others as you would have others do unto you." This law is, in fact, the vital force of the political organism, the State. The State thus becomes the giver of all our rights; our civilization; our exalted condition which men individually never would have been able to attain; and our ability to wage war with the inabilities of our "natural" condition, to subdue nature, to redress natural defects and inequalities."

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Wills, Frederick M. “The Sphere of the State.” The Nationalist II, no. 5 (April 1890): 155-162 https://archive.org/details/TheNationalist-Volume2-1890/page/n217/mode/2up.

More on the State: https://www.nationalreformation.org/chronicles/categories/the-state