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Carroll Quigley - ...a state is not the same thing as...
...a state is not the same thing as a society, although the Greeks and Romans thought it was. A state is an organization of power on a territorial basis. (Carroll Quigley)

...a state is not the same thing as a society, although the Greeks and Romans thought it was. A state is an organization of power on a territorial basis.

Carroll Quigley

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