4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- People : ---------------------------------- Author : David Hume : Idea of a Perfect Commonwealth Text : ---------------------------------- ...extensive conquests, when pursued, must be the ruin of every free government; and of the more perfect governments sooner than the imperfect; because of the very advantages which the former possess above the latter. And though such a state ought to establish a fundamental law against conquests; yet republics have ambition as well as individuals, and present interest makes men forgetful of their posterity. Events : ---------------------------------- 4 -- Added : April 10, 2020 4 -- Updated : May 16, 2022 About This Textfile : ---------------------------------- Text file generated from : http://RevoltSource.com/