Theresultofthisconfusionisthatoneaffirmstheessenceofjusticetobetheauthorityofthelegislator; another, theinterestofthesovereign;[113]another, presentcustom,[114] , accordingtoreasonalone, isjustinitself; , ;[115] , obeysajusticewhichisimaginary, andnottheessenceoflaw; itisquiteself-contained, , , soundingthemeventotheirsource, , itissaid, getbacktothenaturalandfundamentallawsoftheState, ; ; andthegreatprofitbytheirruin, [116] saidthatitwasnecessarytodeceivemenfortheirowngood; andanother, agoodpolitician, Cumveritatemqualibereturignoret, expeditquodfallatur.[117] Wemustnotseethefactofusurpation; lawwasonceintroducedwithoutreason, , eternal, andconcealitsorigin, ifwedonotwishthatitshouldsooncometoanend.
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Mine, thine.—"Thisdogismine," saidthosepoorchildren; "thatismyplaceinthesun." Hereisthebeginningandtheimageoftheusurpationofalltheearth.
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Whenthequestionforconsiderationiswhetherweoughttomakewar, andkillsomanymen—condemnsomanySpaniardstodeath—onlyonemanisjudge, , whoisdisinterested.
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Verijuris.[118]—Wehaveitnomore; ifwehadit, , notfindingjustice, wehavefoundforce, etc.
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Justice, might.—Itisrightthatwhatisjustshouldbeobeyed; ; , becausetherearealwaysoffenders; , andforthisendmakewhatisjuststrong, orwhatisstrongjust.
Justiceissubjecttodispute; , becausemighthasgainsaidjustice, , wehavemadewhatisstrongjust.
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Theonlyuniversalrulesarethelawsofthecountryinordinaryaffairs, ? , whohavepowerofadifferentkind, donotfollowthemajorityoftheirministers.
