Hugo Grotius Quotes on Justice
Hugo Grotius was a Dutch jurist and philosopher who is widely regarded as the founder of modern international law. This page collects quotes attributed to Hugo Grotius on the topic of justice, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Hugo Grotius:
“Even the will of an omnipotent being cannot change or abrogate the law of nature.”
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Attributed to Hugo Grotius:
“The state is a perfect body of free men, united for the enjoyment of right and the common interest.”
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Attributed to Hugo Grotius:
“Where the rights of war are unsettled, those of peace will be unstable.”
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Attributed to Hugo Grotius:
“The sea is common to all men and cannot be the property of any one nation.”
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“The Most Excellent Hugo Grotius His Three Books Treating of the Rights of War and Peace ... Translated Into English by W. Evats, B.D., p. 426”
So is there no kind of life more wicked than that of mercenary Souldiers, who without any respect had to the equity of the Cause, fight only for plunder and pay.