God grant that not only the Love of Liberty but a thorough Knowledge of the Rights of Man may pervade all the Nations of the Earth so that a Philosopher may set his Foot any where on its Surface and say, this is my Country.
Civilisation and the life of nations are governed by the same laws as prevail throughout nature and organic life.
As long as there are sovereign nations possessing great power, war is inevitable.
A nation’ s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.