10 Questions
What is the purpose of the state according to Max Stirner?
To limit the individual, tame him, subordinate him, and subjugate him.
What does the state shape and control?
Almost every human activity.
What does the state regulate, supervise, authorize or proscribe?
Aspects of life usually thought of as personal or private.
How is politics often understood?
As the study of the state, the analysis of its institutional organizations, and the evaluation of its impact on society.
What do ideological debate and party politics revolve around?
The issue of the proper function or role of the state.
What is law according to William Pitt, the Elder?
A point where tyranny begins.
How does Charles Macklin describe the law?
As a hocus-pocus science that benefits professors more than justice.
According to Dr. Samuel Johnson, what is the law?
The result of human wisdom acting on human experience for the public's benefit.
What does the Penal Code of the former Soviet Union say about the law?
That it serves the interests of the ruling classes and is supported by the state's organized power.
What does Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. mean by the law?
The prophecies of what the courts will do in practice.
Test your knowledge on politics and the role of the state with this quiz. Explore topics such as the purpose of the state, its impact on various aspects of society, and the role it plays in limiting individual freedoms. Challenge yourself and see how well you understand the dynamics of the state's influence.
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