The essence of liberalism is negotiation, a cautious half measure, in the hope that the definitive dispute, the decisive bloody battle, can be transformed into a parliamentary debate and permit the decision to be suspended forever in an everlasting discussion.
Carl SchmittAll significant concepts of the modern theory of the state are secularized theological concepts.
Carl SchmittAll law is situational law. The sovereign produces and guarantees the situation in its totality. He has the monopoly over this last decision.
Carl SchmittA world state which which embraces the entire globe and all of humanity cannot exist. The political world is a pluriverse, not a universe.
Carl Schmitt