Hugo Grotius

Hugo Grotius worked as a jurist in the Dutch Republic and laid the foundations for international law, based on natural law. He was also a philosopher, Christian apologist, playwright, and poet.

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• Liberty is the power that we have over ourselves.

• 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.

• Even God cannot make two times two not make four.

• Not to know certain things is a great part of wisdom.