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Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that conditions called war; and such a war, as if of every man, against every man.

War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies.

If men do not now succeed in abolishing war, civilization and mankind are doomed.

Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.

The ruling of men is the effort to direct the individual actions of many persons toward some end. This end theoretically should be the greatest good of all, but no human group has ever reached this ideal because of ignorance and selfishness.

Reason has never failed men. Only force and repression have made the wrecks in the world.

All men are not created equal but should be treated as though they were under the law.

But men never violate the laws of God without suffering the consequences, sooner or later.

Let men decide firmly what they will not do, and they will be free to do vigorously what they ought to do.