Government has a monopoly on the use of physical force

Government is an agency which has a  monopoly on the use of physical force.

This legal power -- to use physical force -- only may be used for one purpose: to retaliate against those who initiate force, according to objectively defined laws. 

Never is this power to be used to initiate force, but government is only permitted to retaliate and defend against those who initiate force.


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