The state maintains order through the potential for violence... - Carl Schmitt

This quote is attributed to Carl Schmitt.

"The state maintains order through the potential for violence, not through reason alone."

Carl Schmitt Power

Jurist, Political Theorist German 1888–1985

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"Sovereign is he who decides on the exception."

"The exception is more interesting than the rule."

"Every general norm presupposes a normal, regular situation in which it can function."

"Political theology is the science of the exception."

"Power without control is just destruction."

"Power is not about control, it's about influence"

"The world doesn't need me to be the hero. It just needs me to be dangerous."

"The claws come out when I need them to."