“The political entity presupposes the real existence of an enemy and therefore coexistence with another political entity. As long as a state exists, there will thus always be in the world more than just one state. A world state which embraces the entire globe and all of humanity cannot exist.”

—  Carl Schmitt, book The Concept of the Political

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German jurist, political theorist and professor of law 1888–1985

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