“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.”
The Concept of the Political (1927)
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“That the state is an entity and in fact the decisive entity rests upon its political character.”
The Concept of the Political (1927)
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The Concept of the Political (1927)

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