International Law Quotes

• International law? I better call my lawyer; he didn't bring that up to me.

  George W. Bush

  Law, Tyrants, Tyranny

  George W. Bush Discusses Year-End Accomplishments in Cabinet Meeting, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. December 11, 2003.

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• International law now grants rights to all human beings, not only to citizens.

  Kofi Annan

  Rights, Law, Citizens

  Source: www.accaglobal.com

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• 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

  Law, Organization, Justice

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• 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

  Fighting, Order, Law

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• 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

  Zero, Law, Challenges

  "India, U.K. to Cooperate on Civilian Nuclear Energy Front" by Amit Baruah, www.thehindu.com. September 09, 2005.

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• 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

  Rights, Law, Democracy

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• 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

  Law, Two, Firsts

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• The sovereignty of states must be subordinated to international law and international institutions.

  George Soros

  Law, States, Institutions

  "The Crisis of Global Capitalism: Open Society Endangered". Book by George Soros, 1998.

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• There are both things in international law: the principle of territorial integrity and right to self-determination.

  Vladimir Putin

  Determination, Integrity, Self

  Interview with Matthew Chance, edition.cnn.com. August 29, 2008.

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• 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

  Rights, Our World, Law

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• I fight because international law recognises my right.

  Xanana Gusmao

  Fighting, Law, Recognise

  Source: www.sbs.com.au

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• 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

  Law, Accountability, Humanity

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.14, Pan Macmillan

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• Since the narrower or wider community of the peoples of the earth has developed so far that a violation of rights in one place is felt throughout the world, the idea of a cosmopolitan right is not fantastical, high-flown or exaggerated notion. It is a complement to the unwritten code of the civil and international law, necessary for the public rights of mankind in general and thus for the realization of perpetual peace.

  Immanuel Kant

  Law, Ideas, Rights

  "Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch". Book by Immanuel Kant, 1795.

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• The only way out [of international dictatorship] is to place international law above governments, which means [...] that there must be a parliament for making it, and that parliament must be constituted by means of worldwide elections in which all nations will take part.

  Albert Camus

  Mean, Government, Law

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• I’m trying to learn more about international law to understand why we don’t have better solutions for conflict - for dictators or aggressors that are hurting or raping children or using them as child soldiers. Why can’t we have an international community handle these things in a swift, efficient manner?

  Angelina Jolie

  Hurt, Children, Law

  "Angelina Jolie Interview: Mama!". Interview with Sara Davidson, www.rd.com.

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• In the corporeal world, international law is whatever the United States and Great Britain say it is.

  Ann Coulter

  Law, United States, World

  "The Hun is at the gate". townhall.com. November 29, 2001.

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• International law says people fighting for self-determination can use force in order to achieve their independence.

  Norman Finkelstein

  Determination, Fighting, Self

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• No country can allow its safety to be wholly dependent on faithful observance by other states of rules to which they are obliged.

  Arthur Balfour

  Country, Safety, Faithful

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• [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

  Law, Important, Today

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• Pre-emptive war might fall within the framework of international law.

  Noam Chomsky

  War, Fall, Law

  Noam Chomsky (2007). “Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance”, p.12, Macmillan

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• Individual and national rights to wealth rest on the basis of civil and international law, or at least of custom that has the force of law.

  Alfred Marshall

  Law, Rights, Wealth

  Alfred Marshall (1890). “Principles of Economics”

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• A lot of countries break (or go against) the international law.

  Noam Chomsky

  Country, Law, Break

  Source: thehumanist.com

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• 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

  Country, Law, Enemy

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• International law in its counter-hegemonic uses is very important in any domain where issues of legitimacy are significant, but is rarely able to have a corresponding behavioural impact.

  Richard A. Falk

  Issues, Impact, Law

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• The sanctions may be imposed only by the decision of the UN Security Council. A unilateral imposition of sanctions is a violation of international law.

  Vladimir Putin

  Law, Decision, May

  Source: www.russianembassy.org

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