The state, therefore, has not existed from all eternity. There have been societies that did without it, that had no notion of the state or state power. At a certain stage of economic development, which was necessarily bound up with the split of society into classes, the state became a necessity.
When somebody hits you, hit back harder.
防止战争最可靠的方法是不惧怕战争。
The truth is not always comfortable, but it is necessary.