The Kingdom of God is Within You by Leo Tolstoy Chapter 10 Page 2

for Every Man, in Spite of any Action on Part of the State — Argument of those who Defend the Government, that it is a Form of Social Life, Needed to Protect the Good from the Wicked, till all Nations and all Members of each Nation have Become Christians — The Most Wicked are Always those in Power — The whole History of Humanity is the History of the Forcible Appropriation of Power by the Wicked and their Oppression of the Good — The Recognition by Governments of the Necessity of Opposing Evil by Force is Equivalent to Suicide on their Part — The Abolition of State-violence cannot Increase the Sum Total of Acts of Violence — The Suppression of the Use of Force is not only Possible, but is even Taking Place before Our Eyes — But it will Never be Suppressed by the Violence of Government, but through Men who have