Henry James Sumner Maine Quote

War appears to be as old as mankind, but peace is a modern invention.


Lecture, Cambridge, 1887; International Law (1888)


War appears to be as old as mankind, but peace is a modern invention.

War appears to be as old as mankind, but peace is a modern invention.

War appears to be as old as mankind, but peace is a modern invention.

War appears to be as old as mankind, but peace is a modern invention.