State. It is also possible that his loyalty to some group or organization of which he is a member, may receive priority over his loyalty to the State. There are d Communists whose loyalty to their Party is stronger than their loyalty to their country. Members of the Society of Friends have a conscientious objection to being conscripted into the army, because they consider it morally wrong to fight for one's country. The State, accordingly, cannot in any sense be said to be sovereign in its relations to other associations which come into existence independently of the State and function exclusively by themselves. Each association has its own laws and government and it exacts obedience to those laws independently of the State.