Leo Tolstoy Quote

The error arises from the learned jurists deceiving themselves and others, by asserting that government is not what it really is, one set of men banded together to oppress another set of men, but, as shown by science, is the representation of the citizens in their collective capacity.


Variant: Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us. - The Kingdom of God is Within You (1894)


The error arises from the learned jurists deceiving themselves and others, by asserting that government is not what it really is, one set of men...

The error arises from the learned jurists deceiving themselves and others, by asserting that government is not what it really is, one set of men...

The error arises from the learned jurists deceiving themselves and others, by asserting that government is not what it really is, one set of men...

The error arises from the learned jurists deceiving themselves and others, by asserting that government is not what it really is, one set of men...