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Seneca
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The Freedom of the Seas (Mare Liberum) Hugo Grotius 1 citation
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‘The equestrian rows of seats belong to all the equites;
ch. 23 ¶ -
The Rights of War and Peace Hugo Grotius 1 citation
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Seneca says, “that it is right to meet danger, when equal harm would result from acquiescing in an injury,” and in this, he is supported by Tacitus, who calls “war a happy exchange for a miserable and insecure peace,” and the same animated writer in another place observes, that “an oppressed people may recover their liberty by daring enterprize, and, if defeated they cannot be reduced to greater s …
ch. 29 ¶
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