Hugo Grotius Quotes on Politics
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 politics, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Hugo Grotius:
“A man cannot govern a nation if he cannot govern a city; he cannot govern a city if he cannot govern a family; he cannot govern a family unless he can govern himself; and he cannot govern himself unless his passions are subject to reason.”
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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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“Liberty is the power that we have over ourselves.”
As quoted in The Word Book Complete Word Power Library , Volume 1 (1981), p. 324 -
“As quoted in The Word Book Complete Word Power Library , Volume 1 (1981), p. 324”
Liberty is the power that we have over ourselves. -
“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.