"For this is my rule: government by the law, administration according to the law, gratification of my subjects under the law, and protection through the law."

"Wherever there are stone pillars or stone slabs, there this Dharma edict is to be engraved so that it may long endure."

"I have had this Dhamma edict written so that my sons and grandsons may not think of new conquests, and that if a conquest by arms should become necessary, they should practice forbearance and light pu…"

"Formerly, in the kitchens of King Priyadarsin, Beloved of the Gods, many hundreds of thousands of animals were killed daily for curry. But now, with the writing of this Dhamma edict, only three animal…"

"The Beloved of the Gods, King Piyadasi, honors all sects and both ascetics and laymen, with gifts and various forms of recognition."