We have no government and no laws, if by law is meant a stereotyped convention supported by force, and not to be altered — Olaf Stapledon, Last and First Men
We have no government and no laws, if by law is meant a stereotyped convention supported by force, and not to be altered — Olaf Stapledon, Last and First Men
We have no government and no laws, if by law is meant a stereotyped convention supported by force, and not to be altered — Olaf Stapledon, Last and First Men
We have no government and no laws, if by law is meant a stereotyped convention supported by force, and not to be altered — Olaf Stapledon, Last and First Men
We have no government and no laws, if by law is meant a stereotyped convention supported by force, and not to be altered — Olaf Stapledon, Last and First Men
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We have no government and no laws, if by law is meant a stereotyped convention supported by force, and not to be altered without the aid of cumbersome machinery.

— Olaf Stapledon, Last and First Men
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