Carroll Quigley Quote

... 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.


Oscar Iden Lecture Series, Lecture 3: "The State of Individuals" (1976)


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.

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.

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.

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.