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"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."

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About Albert J. Nock

Albert Jay Nock was an American writer, social critic, and libertarian thinker. He wrote on politics, culture, and the role of the state in society. His essays influenced twentieth-century conservative and libertarian discourse.

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