• A state is not the same thing as a society, although the Greeks and Romans thought it was. A state is an organization of power on a territorial basis.

    Carroll Quigley: A state is not the same thing as a society, although the Greeks and Romans thought it was. A state is an organization of power on a territorial basis.
    Oscar Iden Lecture Series, Lecture 3: "The State of Individuals", 1976.