Men rush to arms for slight causes, or no cause at all, and once taken up there is no longer any respect for law, divine or human.


De Jure Belli Ac Pacis Libri Tres (ed. 1925)

Hugo Grotius Quotes

Men rush to arms for slight causes, or no cause at all, and once taken up there is no longer any respect for law, divine or human.

Men rush to arms for slight causes, or no cause at all, and once taken up there is no longer any respect for law, divine or human.

Men rush to arms for slight causes, or no cause at all, and once taken up there is no longer any respect for law, divine or human.

Men rush to arms for slight causes, or no cause at all, and once taken up there is no longer any respect for law, divine or human.