What Constitutes A State? Men Who Their Duties Know, But Know Their Rights, And Knowing, Dare Maintain.

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What constitutes a state?

Men who their duties know,
But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain.

And sovereign law, that state's collected will,
O'er thrones and globes elate,
Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.
-- Sir William Jones (1746-1794)
-- Ode in Imitation of Alcaeus

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