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Quotation from The Rights of War and Peace (Book I) by Hugo Grotius

“so that war is the state of contending parties, considered as such.”

Hugo Grotius (spoken by Grotius)

The Rights of War and Peace (Book I), Book I, ch. I, §II, trans. A. C. Campbell (1814)

Portrait of Hugo Grotius

Grotius improves on Cicero's definition of war as a contest by force, making war a condition rather than a single action.

Citation: "so that war is the state of contending parties, considered as such." — Hugo Grotius, The Rights of War and Peace (Book I), Book I, ch. I, §II, trans. A. C. Campbell (1814). (id grotius-rights-of-war-and-peace-q2)

Portrait: Portret van Hugo de Groot (1583-1645) Rijksmuseum SK-A-581, Workshop of Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, Public domain.

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