In reading history you will find that the laws of nature, in the early periods of society, were constantly violated; that the strongest had no right against the weakest, and that the laws of war were often arbitrary.
Separation of powers
The Spirit of the Laws, Book I, Chapter 3: Of Positive Laws
1748
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