But for states, the greatest calamity of all is that of death, which to individuals appears a refuge.

A state should be so constituted as to live forever.

For a commonwealth there is no natural dissolution as there is for a man, to whom death not only becomes necessary, but often desirable.

And when a state once decays and falls, it is so utterly revolutionized, that, if we may compare great things with small, it resembles the final wreck of the universe.
All wars undertaken without a proper motive are unjust.

And no war can be reputed just unless it be duly announced and proclaimed, and if it be not preceded by a rational demand for restitution.
Our Roman Commonwealth, by defending its allies, has got possession of the world.
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