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“The ideally non-violent state will be an ordered anarchy. That State is the best governed which is governed the least.”
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- quote
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- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
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- f2342afd589389b6bb4a6805a70e97e38b930e0011c06d74ed48b7653b246eaf
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