#over

For the state by its nature claims sovereignty, the right to an unlimited development of power, determined only by self-interest. It is by nature anarchistic. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

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Militarism is basically a way of thinking, a certain interpretation of the function of the state; this manner of thinking is, moreover, revealed by its outer forms: by armaments and state organization. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

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The sovereign state has in our times become a lethal danger to human civilization because technical developments enable it to employ an infinite number and variety of means of destruction. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

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Moreover, if the territorial state is to continue as the last word in the development of society, then war is inevitable. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

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No state is free from militarism, which is inherent in the very concept of the sovereign state. There are merely differences of degree in the militarism of states. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

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The simultaneous reactions elicited all over the world by the reading of newspaper dispatches about the same events create, as it were, a common mental pulse beat for the whole of civilized mankind. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

#beat #civilized #common #create #events

Today we stand on a bridge leading from the territorial state to the world community. Politically, we are still governed by the concept of the territorial state; economically and technically, we live under the auspices of worldwide communications and worldwide markets. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

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For me, nothing has ever taken precedence over being a mother and having a family and a home. ↗

— Jessica Lange

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If I had to start over, I'd pursue photography - probably to the exclusion of acting. ↗

— Jessica Lange

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Once I started on 'Frances' I discovered it was literally a bottomless well. It devastated me to maintain that for eighteen weeks, to be immersed in this state of rage for twelve to eighteen hours a day. It spilled all over, into other areas of my life. ↗

— Jessica Lange

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