The positive testimony of history is that the State invariably had its origin in conquest and confiscation. No primitive State known to history originated in any other manner.
-- Albert J. Nock
   
Albert J. Nock   Name:
Albert J. Nock
Type:
Philosopher
Nationality:
American
Birth:
October 13, 1870
Death:
August 19, 1945
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