There are only two cases in which war is just: first, in order to resist the aggression of an enemy, and second, in order to help an ally who has been attacked.
Charles de Montesquieu
People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time to see who can be the least devout.
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Better it is to say that the government most comfortable to nature is that which best agrees with the humor and disposition of the people in whose favor it is established.
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The history of commerce is that of the communication of the people.
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There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window.
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Slavery, properly so called, is the establishment of a right which gives to one man such a power over another as renders him absolute master of his life and fortune.
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Life was given to me as a favor, so I may abandon it when it is one no longer.
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The alms given to a naked man in the street do not fulfil the obligations of the state, which owes to every citizen a certain subsistence, a proper nourishment, convenient clothing, and a kind of life not incompatible with health.
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The culture of lands requires the use of money.
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Money is a sign which represents the value of all merchandise.
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An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.
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As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of his weakness; equality ceases, and then commences the state of war.
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Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations.
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The law of nations is naturally founded on this principle, that different nations ought in time of peace to do one another all the good they can, and in time of war as little injury as possible, without prejudicing their real interests.
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The object of war is victory; that of victory is conquest; and that of conquest preservation.
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