morality Quotes

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

Weak minds exaggerate too much the wrong done to the Africans.

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.

Author: A fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on tormenting generations to come.

Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death.

No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.

Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one's wit at the expense of one's better nature.

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.

There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice.

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.