Simone Weil Quote

Every new development for the last three centuries has brought men closer to a state of affairs in which absolutely nothing would be recognized in the whole world as possessing a claim to obedience except the authority of the State. The majority of people in Europe obey nothing else.

Selected Essays, 1934-1943: Historical, Political, and Moral Writings (ed. Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2015) - ISBN: 9781498239219