[Solved] Who said, The State exists be-cause crime exists in society, otherwise there would be no need of a State'?

Q.	Who said, The State exists be-cause crime exists in society, otherwise there would be no need of a State'?
A.	Herbert Spencer
B.	J.S. Mill
C.	John Locke
D.	Tocqueviile
Answer» B. J.S. Mill
Explanation: Herbert Spencer in his 'Social Statics' (1851) argued that the state is the offspring of evil, bearing about it all the marks of its parentage. It exists be-cause crime exists. It is not strong—or, despotic—when crime isgreat; there is more liberty—less government— when crime diminishes.

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