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.
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They who assert that a blind fatality produced the various effects we behold in this world talk very absurdly; for can anything be more unreasonable than to pretend that a blind fatality could be productive of intelligent beings?
Charles de Secondat
Although born in a prosperous realm, we did not believe that its boundaries should limit our knowledge, and that the lore of the East should alone enlighten us.
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God is related to the universe, as Creator and Preserver the laws by which He created all things are those by which He preserves them.
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The object of war is victory; that of victory is conquest; and that of conquest preservation.
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There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.
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