Quote#Politics & Power
There is no "state" on the one hand, and people who live in it on the…
Quote byGustav Landauer · 1870–1919
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "Tucker's Revelation," in Revolution and Other Writings: A Political Reader, p. 249.
English (original)
There is no "state" on the one hand, and people who live in it on the other. The "state" much rather belongs to what people do and understand. People do not live in the state. The state lives in the people.
— Gustav Landauer
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