Thus speaks King Priyadarsin, Beloved of the Gods: All men are my children. What I desire for my own children, and I desire that they may obtain welfare and happiness both in this world and the next, that I desire for all men.
Indian emperor, spread Buddhism
Pillar Edict IV (reiteration with opening)
c. 243 BCE
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