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A fourth is that it is an instrument more or less clumsy for keeping individuals from quarreling too much with one another.
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John Dewey
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gutenberg.orgA fourth is that it is an instrument more or less clumsy for keeping individuals from quarreling too much with one another.
Dewey describes another view of the state as a tool for preventing conflicts among individuals, albeit an imperfect one.
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