Conclusion

Now that I have laid down the true principles of political right, and tried to give the State a basis of its own to rest on, I ought next to strengthen it by its external relations, which would include the law of nations, commerce, the right of war and conquest, public right, leagues, negotiations, treaties, etc. But all this forms a new subject that is far too vast for my narrow scope. I ought throughout to have kept to a more limited sphere.

I have now set out the true principles of political right. I have also tried to give the State a foundation of its own. My next task should be to strengthen the State through its relations with other states. These relations would include international law, trade, the right of war and conquest, public law, alliances, negotiations, treaties, and more. But all these matters form a new subject, far too vast for the narrow scope of my work. I should have kept to a more limited subject throughout.