Full Idea
Some pack of blond beasts of prey, on a war footing, unscrupulously lays its dreadful paws on a populace which is shapeless. In this way the 'state' began on earth. I think I have dispensed with the fantasy which has it begin with a 'contract'.
Gist of Idea
The state begins with brutal conquest of a disorganised people, not with a 'contract'
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (On the Genealogy of Morals [1887], II.§17)
Book Reference
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'On the Genealogy of Morals/ Ecce Homo', ed/tr. Kaufmann,Walter [Vintage 1969], p.86
A Reaction
[compressed] It is certainly likely that a tribe which got itself well organised and focused on some end would achieve total dominance over other tribes that just focus on food.