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

“For a law does not bind those, to whom it has not been given.”

Hugo Grotius (spoken by Grotius)

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

Portrait of Hugo Grotius

Grotius argues that the law of Moses bound Israel alone and so cannot be imposed as such on other nations or on Christians.

Citation: "For a law does not bind those, to whom it has not been given." — Hugo Grotius, The Rights of War and Peace (Book I), Book I, ch. I, §XVI, trans. A. C. Campbell (1814). (id grotius-rights-of-war-and-peace-q6)

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

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