Hugo Grotius

From Wikiquote
Jump to: navigation, search
Liberty is the power that we have over ourselves.

Hugo Grotius (Huig de Groot, or Hugo de Groot; Delft, 10 April 1583Rostock, 28 August 1645) 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.

[edit] Sourced

  • Liberty is the power that we have over ourselves.
    • The World book complete word power library, Volume 1 (1981); p.324
  • Even God cannot make two times two not make four.
    • A sociobiology compendium: aphorisms, sayings, asides By Delbert D. Thiessen; p.18
  • Not to know certain things is a great part of wisdom.
    • The little giant encyclopedia of inspirational quotes By Wendy Toliver; p.466

[edit] Unsourced

  • 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.
  • What if there were neither the Hell nor the Heaven, so that we could see the real devout person?!

[edit] External links

Wikipedia
Wikipedia has an article about:
Personal tools
Namespaces
Variants
Actions
Navigation
Toolbox
In other languages