The individual cannot bargain with the State. The State recognizes no coinage but power: and it issues the coins itself.


Chapter 9 (p. 272) - Hainish Cycle - The Dispossessed (1974)


The individual cannot bargain with the State. The State recognizes no coinage but power: and it issues the coins itself.

The individual cannot bargain with the State. The State recognizes no coinage but power: and it issues the coins itself.

The individual cannot bargain with the State. The State recognizes no coinage but power: and it issues the coins itself.

The individual cannot bargain with the State. The State recognizes no coinage but power: and it issues the coins itself.