Ashoka the Great — "Thus speaks King Priyadarsin, Beloved of the Gods: I have had this Dhamma edict …"
Thus speaks King Priyadarsin, Beloved of the Gods: 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 punishment. And they should consider conquest by Dhamma to be the only true conquest.