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For people who have no critical acumen, a state is a mythical entity, for those who think critically it is a rational fiction, created by man in order to facilitate human coexistence.

— Friedrich Dürrenmatt

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Source: in The Limits of State Power in Africa: A Case Srudy of the Democratic Republic ..., p. 14
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