There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity - the law of nature and of nations. — Edmund Burke
The sovereignty of states must be subordinated to international law and international institutions. — George Soros
The security of which we speak is to be attained by the development of international law through an international organization based on the principles of law and justice. — Ludwig Quidde
The law established by the Creator, which has existed from the beginning, extends over the whole globe, is everywhere and at all times binding upon mankind. — Rufus King
Relations between States, as between individuals, must be regulated not by armed force, but in accordance with...truth, justice and vigorous and sincere co-operation. — Pope John XXIII
Law is the embodiment of the moral sentiment of the people. — Sayings
There is a higher law than the law of government. That's the law of conscience. — Stokely Carmichael
Law is twofold -- natural and written. The natural law is in the heart, the written law on tables. All men are under the natural law. — Ambrose
Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed. — Francois de la Rochefoucauld
Law is order, and good law is good order. — Aristotle
No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion. — Carrie Chapman Catt
It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline. Beyond that, we all enter the food chain, and not always right at the top. — Hunter S. Thompson
The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress. — Quentin Crisp
International Relations Quotes
The world is now too small for anything but brotherhood. — A. Powell Davies
Educational exchange can turn nations into people, contributing as no other form of communication can to the humanizing of international relations — J. William Fulbright
We have no eternal allies, and we have not perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow. — Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
Learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else!
I encounter one example after another of how relative truth is. — Raoul Wallenberg
United States is a great Country and has its effective role on the international arena, so we have to boost our relations with it, in order to achieve peace and stability in our region and the world. — Ali A. Saleh
If China continues to rise, you better be very careful, because that will drive the United States stark raving crazy. — John Mearsheimer
Laws control a lesser person, right conduct controls a greater one.
United States is a great Country and has its effective role on the international arena, so we have to boost our relations with it, in order to achieve peace and stability in our region and the world. — Bill Vaughan
According to the first image of international relations, the locus of the important causes of war is found in the nature and behavior of man. Wars result from selfishness, from misdirected aggressive impulses, from stupidity. — Kenneth Waltz
Every aspect of the world today - even politics and international relations - is affected by chemistry. — Linus Pauling
War gives the right to the conquerors to impose any condition they please upon the vanquished. — Julius Caesar
There will definitely be a tribunal for this crime [attack on peaceful Ukrainian Cities]. Internationally. This is a violation of all conventions. — Volodymyr Zelenskyy
I am still profoundly troubled by the war in Nicaragua. The United States launched a covert war against another nation in violation of international law, a war that was wrong and immoral. — Bianca Jagger
If you want to control the world you need to control the oil. Therefore the destruction of Iraq is a prerequisite to controlling oil. That means the destruction of the Iraqi national identity, since the Iraqis are committed to their principles and rights according to international law and the U.N. charter. — Saddam Hussein
Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under god is acknowledged.
If I were doing the Security Council today, I'd have one permanent member, the United States, because that's the real reflection of the distribution of power in the world. All international laws are invalid, meaningless attempts to constrict American power. — John Bolton
Abused in this way, law becomes a tool – both domestically and internationally – by which the powerful can coerce and control the powerless, rather than a system for ensuring that all are subjected to common rules. Nowhere. — Glenn Greenwald
Every success in limiting armaments is a sign that the will to achieve mutual understanding exists, and every such success thus supports the fight for international law and order. — Ludwig Quidde
International law says people fighting for self-determination can use force in order to achieve their independence. — Norman Finkelstein
I am convinced that when the history of international law comes to be written centuries hence, it will be divided into two periods: the first being from the earliest times to the end of the nineteenth century, and the second beginning with the Hague Conference. — Ludwig Quidde
Global markets must be balanced by global values such as respect for human rights and international law, democracy, security and sustainable economic and environmental development. — Anna Lindh
Together with international unity and resolve we can meet the challenge of this global scourge and work to bring about an international law of zero tolerance for terrorism. — Manmohan Singh
Meyer [sic] Amschel Rothschild, who founded the great international banking house of Rothschild which, through its affiliation with the European Central Banks, still dominates the financial policies of practically every country in the world, said: ‘Permit me to issue and control the money of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws.’ — Mayer Amschel Rothschild
I never planned on being an actress, just as I never planned on being a model. I went to law and international-relations school. It wasn't my direction. It kind of happened to me. And because it wasn't my dream when I started, I wasn't starstruck. — Gal Gadot
Our first object is... the obtaining of sovereignty, assured by international law, over a portion of the globe sufficiently large to satisfy our just requirements. — Theodor Herzl
I am the president of 146 million Russians. I have to represent their interests. We are willing to settle this without any conflicts and to search for compromises on the basis of international law. — Vladimir Putin
Any scientist can testify that a dead ocean means a dead planet .... No national law, no national precautions can save the planet. The ocean, more than any other part of our planet, ... is a classic example of the absolute need for international global action. — Thor Heyerdahl
While a strong presence on our southern border is imperative, the border cannot be secured unless we enforce our internal laws and stop ignoring the open complicity of U.S. companies and foreign nations to promote illegal activities. — Elton Gallegly
The core issue here is that the Israeli government refuses to commit to terms of reference for the negotiations that are based on international law and United Nations resolutions, and that it frantically continues to intensify building of settlements on the territory of the State of Palestine. — Mahmoud Abbas
There is so much each one of us can do to make a difference. We are at a dangerous juncture in the history of mankind. ... We need to defend our principles and values, human rights, civil liberties and the rule of international law. If we don't our world will further descend into a state of chaos. — Bianca Jagger
We need to use the United Nations Security Council and believe that preserving law and order in today's complex and turbulent world is one of the few ways to keep international relations from sliding into chaos. The law is still the law, and we must follow it whether we like it or not. — Vladimir Putin
We call for a welcoming path to citizenship, an end to police violence, and a transformed foreign policy based on international law and human rights - not based on these policies of regime change and economic and military domination. — Jill Stein
The G7 and former G8 group has always viewed itself as a community of values, the annexation of Crimea, which is a blatant violation of the principles of international law, and the events in eastern Ukraine are serious violations of these common values. — Angela Merkel
As we respond to the assault of our enemy and defend our country, we must never break international laws. Crime can not be solved by more crime. — Meles Zenawi
The invasion of Iraq was a bandit act, an act of blatant state terrorism, demonstrating absolute contempt for the concept of international law. — Harold Pinter
I fight because international law recognises my right. — Xanana Gusmao
As a conservative power, the United States has a vital interest in upholding and expanding the reign of law in international relations. — J. William Fulbright
International law now grants rights to all human beings, not only to citizens. — Kofi Annan
..the United States is subject to the scrutiny of a candid world ... what the United States does, for good or for ill, continues to be watched by the international community, in particular by organizations concerned with the advancement of the rule of law and respect for human dignity. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg
To try to regulate the internal affairs of a family, the relations of love or friendship, or many other things of the same sort, by law or by the coercion of public opinion, is like trying to pull an eyelash out of a man's eye with a pair of tongs. They may put out the eye, but they will never get hold of the eyelash — James Fitzjames Stephen
The collapse of good conscience and the absence of accountability and public scrutiny have led to crimes against humanity and violations of international law. — Nelson Mandela
I think we have a very critical role to play, within the spectrum of international law and human rights. — Jill Stein
It would be almost politically suicidal for members of Congress to espouse a balanced position between Israel and Palestine, to suggest that Israel comply with international law or to speak in defense of justice or human rights for Palestinians. If they did so, they couldn't be reelected. — Jimmy Carter
Russia's actions on the Crimean Peninsula were a serious violation of international law and of the principles upon which European peace is based. That is why we cannot let pass or ignore what took place. — Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Most Arabs and Muslims feel that the United States hasn't really been paying much attention to their desires. They think it has been pursuing its policies for its own sake and not according to many of the principles that it claims are its own - democracy, self-determination, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, international law. — Edward Said
Armed attack has a definition in international law. It means sudden, overwhelming, instantaneous ongoing attack. — Noam Chomsky
Pre-emptive war might fall within the framework of international law. — Noam Chomsky
No nation went into oblivion or was destroyed because it had bad laws, or because its statesmen were not intelligent, but because of INTERNAL CORRUPTION, and because they could not maintain the POWER OF SELF-CONTROL. — Melvin J. Ballard
The land which the Society of Jews will have secured by international law must naturally be privately owned. — Theodor Herzl
The main challenge is what to do in the face of double standards. Those who should be rendered accountable under international criminal law, the Kissingers of this world, enjoy de facto impunity, while those who come from countries that have long been targets of hegemonic abuse are used as poster children of accountability. — Richard A. Falk
The just response to this terrible event [9/11] should be to go immediately to the world community, the United Nations. The rule of international law should be marshaled, but it's probably too late because the United States has never done that; it's always gone it alone. — Edward Said
We have hopes that we can see rational American presidents; fair, obey the international law, deal with other countries according to mutual respect, parity, etc., but we all know that this is only wishful thinking and fantasy. — Bashar al-Assad
Nicaragua dealt with the problem of terrorism in exactly the right way. It followed international law and treaty obligations. It collected evidence, brought the evidence to the highest existing tribunal, the International Court of Justice, and received a verdict - which, of course, the U.S. dismissed with contempt. — Noam Chomsky
[International law] doesn't show what the Constitution originally meant, and it doesn't show what is fundamentally important to Americans today. It shows what's fundamentally important to somebody else today. — Antonin Scalia
Because we have sought to cover up past evil, though it still persists, we have been powerless to check the new evil of today.Evil unchecked grows, Evil tolerated poisons the whole system. And because we have tolerated our past and present evils, international affairs are poisoned and law and justice have disappeared from them. — Jawaharlal Nehru
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