ABSTRACT
The form of the government of a state has moreover an important bearing upon its external influence, apart from the question of the general acquiescence of the citizens in its existence. States are great corporations of which the members are human beings. In order that the citizens of a particular state may be in a condition of contentment and orderly stability, the state must fulfil its true function as the organ of the corporate unity of the people, whereby they are enabled to realize fully their social and collective life. In a state where representative government prevails there is the amplest scope for the development in the citizens both individually and collectively of an enlightened and comprehensive respect both for themselves and for their country. Within the borders of every civilized community order is for the most part maintained. Any tendencies on the part of the citizens to crime, anarchy, or civil war are restrained within comparatively narrow limits.
