The object of war is victory; that of victory is conquest; and that of conquest preservation.
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The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.Charles de Secondat
Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit.
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Law in general is human reason, inasmuch as it governs all the inhabitants of the earth: the political and civil laws of each nation ought to be only the particular cases in which human reason is applied.
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The state of slavery is in its own nature bad.
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There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude... we cannot give someone else greater power over us than we have ourselves.
Charles de Secondat
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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