 | Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - 1750 - 538 pages
...CHAP. II. Of War. TH E life of governments is like that of man. The latter has a right to kill in cafe of natural defence ; the former have a right to wage war for their own prefervation. In the cafe of natural defence I have a right to kill, becaufe my life is in refpec~l... | |
 | Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - 1793 - 412 pages
..." Of war. '"THE life of government is like that of man. The .*- latter has a right to kill in cafe of natural defence; the former have a right to wage war for their own preservation. In the cafe of natural defence I have a right to kill, becaufe my life is in refpect to me what the life of... | |
 | Cornelis van Bijnkershoek, Richard Lee - 1803 - 258 pages
...exprefled it. " The life of government is like that of man ; the latter has a right to kill in cafe of natural defence ; the former have a right to wage war for their own prefervatiox."-\ In the cafe of natural defence I have a right to kill, becaufe my life is, in refpect... | |
 | 1805 - 570 pages
...every other. * The life of governments (says he) is like that of man. The latter has a right to kill in case' of natural defence ; the former have a right...natural defence, I have- a right to kill, because .in y life is, in respect to me, what the life of my antagonist is to him. In the .-ame manner a suite... | |
 | Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - 1823 - 810 pages
...other. CHAP. II. Of War. THE life of governments is like that of man. The latter has a right to kill in. case of natural defence : the former have a right...defence I have a right to kill- because my life is in respect to me, what the life of my antagonist is to him : in the same manner a state wages war,... | |
 | Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - 1899 - 472 pages
...other. 2.— Of War The life of governments is like that of man. The latter has j a right to kill in case of natural defence: the former have a right to...defence I have a right to kill, because my life is in respect to me what the life of my antagonist is to him : in the same manner a state wages war because... | |
 | Immanuel Kant - 1903 - 226 pages
...des Lois, X. Ch. 2. "The life of governments is like that of man. The latter has a right to kill in case of natural defence : the former have a right to wage war for their own preservation." See also Vattel (Law of Nations, II. Ch. XVIU. § 332):— "But if anyone would rob a nation of one... | |
 | Clarence Morris - 1971 - 588 pages
...FORCE CHAPTER II Of War The life of governments is like that of man. The latter has a right to kill in case of natural defence; the former have a right to...defence I have a right to kill, because my life is in respect to me, what the life of my antagonist is to him: in the same manner a state wages war, because... | |
 | Montesquieu - 1977 - 522 pages
...WAR [Chapter 2] [1] THE life of governments is like that of man. The latter has a right to kill in case of natural defence; the former have a right to wage war for their own preservation. [2] In the case of natural defence I have a right to kill, because my life is in respect to me, what... | |
 | Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - 1989 - 814 pages
...states is like that of men. Men have the right to kill in the case of natural defense; states have the right to wage war for their own preservation. In the case of natural defense, I have the right to kill, because my life is mine, as the life of the one who attacks me is... | |
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The life of governments is like that of man. The latter has a right to kill in case of natural defence: the former have a right to wage war for their own preservation. 
