The State acquires power... and because of its insatiable lust for power it is incapable of giving up any of it. The State never abdicates. (Frank Chodorov)

The State acquires power... and because of its insatiable lust for power it is incapable of giving up any of it. The State never abdicates.

Frank Chodorov

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