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Full Idea
The state is a clever institution for protecting individuals from one another.
Gist of Idea
The state aims to protect individuals from one another
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Human, All Too Human [1878], 235)
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Human, All Too Human', ed/tr. Faber,Marion [Penguin 1994], p.145
A Reaction
This is Nietzsche allying with Hobbes, and presumably aiming this remark at Hegel.