All national rulers, no matter what the nation or the political regime, lord it over their subjects. There can be no political power without tyranny. - Jacques Ellul

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All national rulers, no matter what the nation or the political regime, lord it over their subjects. There can be no political power without tyranny.

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About Jacques Ellul

Jacques Ellul (6 January 1912 – 19 May 1994) was a French philosopher, law professor, sociologist, lay theologian, and Christian anarchist.

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