An empire that extends itself selectively is just being prudent about its own limitations. A republic that supports democratization selectively is another matter. Noah Feldman democratizationempireextend Change image and share on social
How can you have the religion of the sovereign be the religion of the state if the sovereign belongs to many religions? And it's at that point, I think, historically, that you start to see people saying maybe the state should not associate itself with any religion. Maybe there shouldn't be any official religion. Noah Feldman associatebelonghistorically share on social