"The office of the sovereign, be it a…" — Thomas Hobbes

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Le bureau du souverain, qu'il s'agisse d'un monarque ou d'une assemblée, consiste en la fin pour laquelle il a été investi du pouvoir souverain, à savoir la procuration de la sécurité du peuple.

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