“Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people.”
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Do you think that God will punish them for not practicing a religion which he did not reveal to them?
Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations.
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.
But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.
