Ashoka the Great — "I have had this inscription of Dhamma engraved that men may conform to it and th…"

"I have had this Dhamma edict written so that my sons and great-grandsons should not think of making new conquests."

"The beloved of the gods does not consider glory and fame to be of great account unless they are achieved through having my subjects respect Dhamma and practice Dhamma."

"No living beings are to be slaughtered or offered in sacrifice. Nor are gatherings to be held where many animals are killed. For King Priyadarsin, Beloved of the Gods, sees much evil in such gathering…"

"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, …"

"Therefore, even if a man wrongs me, I forgive him as far as it is possible to forgive."