Government is Incomplete Conquest

... taxation without representation, eventually leading to the Boston Tea Party and the Declaration of Independence. Stories of how political order developed beyond the kind of order found in tribal societies usually begin with thugs and bandits. Once the thugs ... ... fact, many of the leaders of both Israel and Fatah started out as terrorists, later transformed into peace-loving statesmen. Edmund Burke noted that it is best to draw "a secret veil...over the beginnings of all governments," and not dwell too ...