Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey.

Denis Diderot (1713-1784) French editor, philosopher
L’Encyclopédie, Vol. 1, Article on “Political Authority” (1751)

 
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