Resonations

May 08, 2006 21:38


"It is too true, however disgraceful it may be to human nature, that nations in general will make war whenever they have a prospect of getting any thing by it, nay that absolute monarchs will often make war when their nations are to get nothing by it, but for purposes and objects merely personal, such as, a thirst for military glory, revenge for ( Read more... )

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zorgon May 9 2006, 04:57:51 UTC
I would imagine that Mr. Jay had heard tell of Louis XIV. *chortle*

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