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A ruler who owns the state loses nothing by war and can start one for trifling reasons
Drawn from what Immanuel Kant said
What Immanuel Kant actually said
- Immanuel Kant German philosopher (1724 to 1804), born in Königsberg
For the ruler is not a citizen, but the owner of the state, and does not lose a whit by the war, while he goes on enjoying the delights of his table or sport, or of his pleasure palaces and gala days. He can therefore decide on war for the most trifling reasons, as if it were a kind of pleasure party.
Where this was said
↗Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Essay (1795; M. Campbell Smith translation)gutenberg.org
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