The control of the remnants of the State by a party (‘the Party commands the State') may be regarded as a phase in the process of the dissolution of the old forces of order by the revolution. This process ends with the absorption of the State and its functions by the ‘organization for rule by violent means. (Hermann Rauschning)

The control of the remnants of the State by a party (‘the Party commands the State') may be regarded as a phase in the process of the dissolution of the old forces of order by the revolution. This process ends with the absorption of the State and its functions by the ‘organization for rule by violent means.

Hermann Rauschning

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