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Leo Tolstoy

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The truth is that the State is a conspiracy designed not only to exploit, but above all to corrupt its citizens ... Henceforth, I shall never serve any government anywhere.
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As quoted in Tolstoy (1988) by A. N. Wilson, p. 146

 
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