It is in war that the State really comes into its own: swelling in power, in number, in pride, in absolute dominion over the economy and the society. (Murray Rothbard)

It is in war that the State really comes into its own: swelling in power, in number, in pride, in absolute dominion over the economy and the society.

Murray Rothbard

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