The State is the curse of the individual... The State must go! That wi…

Henrik Ibsen
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The State is the curse of the individual... The State must go! That will be a revolution which will find me on its side. Undermine the idea of the State, set up in its place spontaneous action, and the idea that spiritual relationship is the only thing that makes for unity, and you will start the elements of a liberty which will be something worth possessing. ✨ Henrik Ibsen (1965). A doll's house, p.14, Рипол Классик
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