“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.” LawIndividualForceWealthRightsBasesInternationalCustomsInternational Law Book:Principles of Economics Source: Principles of Economics
“First, we could have defied both of them and could have gone to war against both of these nations for this violation of international law and interference with our neutral rights.” FirstsWarLawNationsGoneRightsInternationalViolationInterferenceInternational Law Book:Fighting Liberal: The Autobiography of George W. Norris Source: Fighting Liberal: The Autobiography of George W. Norris
“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.” WorldIdeasEarthLawFeltCommunityRightsMankindNotionInternationalRealizationCodePerpetualViolationExaggeratedInternational LawComplementUnwritten Author:Immanuel Kant
“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.” IfsHumansWould BeLawSpeakJusticeRightsPositionMembersInternationalCongressHuman RightsIsraelDefenseBalancedPalestinianPalestineSuicidalInternational Law Author:Jimmy Carter
“Governments that block the aspirations of their people, that steal or are corrupt, that oppress and torture or that deny freedom of expression and human rights should bear in mind that they will find it increasingly hard to escape the judgement of their own people, or where warranted, the reach of international law.” PeopleShouldMindHumansHardGovernmentMotivationalLawRightsExpressionBearsInternationalHuman RightsDenyStealingBlockJudgementTortureAspirationFreedom Of ExpressionInternational Law Author:William Hague
“At a time of such hope and optimism in the Middle East, we cannot let the Libyan government violate every principle of international law and human rights with impunity.” HumansGovernmentLawPrinciplesRightsMiddleOptimismInternationalHuman RightsEastMiddle EastInternational LawImpunityOptimism And Hope Author:William Hague
“The US and Israel have demanded further that Palestinians not only recognize Israel's rights as a state in the international system, but that they also recognize Israel's abstract right to exist, a concept that has no place in international law or diplomacy, and a right claimed by no one. In effect, the US and Israel are demanding that Palestinians . . . formally accept the legitimacy of their expulsion from their own land. They cannot be expected to accept that, just as Mexico does not grant the US the right to exist on half of Mexico's territory, gained by conquest.” DoeStatesLawHalfAcceptingRightsLandEffectsConceptsInternationalIsraelExpectedAbstractGrantsTerritoryMexicoPalestinianConquestDiplomacyLegitimacyInternational LawExpulsion Author:Noam Chomsky