✓ Verified in Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War
From Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War — surrounding passage
“A state whose chiefs recognize but one rule, to do whatever seems at the moment to be expedient in their eyes, is a state without law. It does not make any difference whether or not these tyrants are “benevolent.””
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