The American Revolution began with certain latent hopes that it might turn into a genuine break with the State ideal. The Declaration of Independence announced doctrines that were utterly incompatible not only with the century-old conception of the Divine Right of Kings, but also with the Divine Right of the State. … If revolution is justifiable a State may even be criminal sometimes in resisting its own extinction.


¶9. Published under "The Development of the American State," The State (Tucson, Arizona: See Sharp Press, 1998), pp. 30–31. - "The State" (1918) - II

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The American Revolution began with certain latent hopes that it might turn into a genuine break with the State ideal. The Declaration of Independence ...

The American Revolution began with certain latent hopes that it might turn into a genuine break with the State ideal. The Declaration of Independence ...

The American Revolution began with certain latent hopes that it might turn into a genuine break with the State ideal. The Declaration of Independence ...

The American Revolution began with certain latent hopes that it might turn into a genuine break with the State ideal. The Declaration of Independence ...