An Empire Founded By War Has To

If One Only Wished To Be Happy, This Could Be Easily Accomplished; But We Wish To Be Happier That Other People, And This Is Always Difficult, For We Believe Others To Be Happier Than They Are. You Are Comparing Your Lot With An Ideal Which Is Of Course Better And Therefore You Feel Worse

Religious Wars Are Not Caused By The Fact That There Is More Than One Religion, But By The Spirit Of Intolerance... The Spread Of Which Can Only Be Regarded As The Total Eclipse Of Human Reason.

The Tyranny Of A Prince In An Oligarchy Is Not So Dangerous To The Public Welfare As The Apathy Of A Citizen In A Democracy.

Nature Is Just To All Mankind, And Repays Them For Their Industry. She Renders Them Industrious By Annexing Rewards In Proportion To Their Labor.

Ever Since The Invention Of Gunpowder.. I Continually Tremble Lest Men Should, In The End, Uncover Some Secret Which Would Provide A Short Way Of Abolishing Mankind, Of Annihilating Peoples And Nations In Their Entirety.