States without God

Remota itaque iustitia quid sunt regna nisi magna latrocinia?

Justice [God] being taken away, then, what are states but great, organized robberies?

Augustine of Hippo – known as Aurelius Augustinus, early Christian theologian and philosopher, one of the four Latin Doctor of Church (354-430), from “The City of God” 4,4,1 (“De civitate dei”, 426)