It's never acceptable to target civilians. It violates the Geneva Accords, it violates the international law of war and it violates all… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
We need to really use the full force of diplomacy. And we need to be seen and understood to be on the… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
The case against the notion of historical objectivity is like the case against international law, or international morality; that it does not… — Isaiah Berlin Copy Share Image
Some international law specialists compare the invasion of Iraq to the 'crimes against the peace' for which Nazi leaders were indicted at… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Again and again, there is no respect for the United Nations Charter that makes it illegal under international law to seek regime… — Ro Khanna Copy Share Image
Individual and national rights to wealth rest on the basis of civil and international law, or at least of custom that has… — Alfred Marshall Copy Share Image
It was during the Reagan years that defiance of international law and the U.N. Charter became entirely open. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The collapse of good conscience and the absence of accountability and public scrutiny have led to crimes against humanity and violations of… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Claims of right and insistence upon obligations may depend upon treaty stipulations, or upon the rules of international law, or upon the… — Elihu Root Copy Share Image
As a matter of international law, the United States is in an armed conflict with al-Qaida, the Taliban, and associated forces, in… — John O. Brennan Copy Share Image
The justice of a war basically refers to the question whether there is a right to attack in the first place. Justice… — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share Image
Historically, international law lent a measure of legality to the colonial system, and allowed the West to set the rules for participation… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
Both President Obama and I shared the conviction that territorial and maritime disputes in the Asia Pacific region should be settled peacefully… — Benigno Aquino III Copy Share Image
Nicaragua dealt with the problem of terrorism in exactly the right way. It followed international law and treaty obligations. It collected evidence,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In 1988, King Hussein of Jordan said that it doesn't take any connection any more to those territories, and he would like… — Silvan Shalom Copy Share Image
Under international law, the responsibility for protecting civilians in conflict falls on the belligerents. Under military occupation, responsibility for the welfare of… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
“It was inevitable that the United States should take the position that the North Korean Communist State must now be destroyed for… — T.R. Fehrenbach Copy Share Image
Having found the bomb we have used it. We have used it against those who attacked us without warning at Pearl Harbor,… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
It seems to many of us that if we are to avoid the eventual catastrophic world conflict we must strengthen the United… — Walter Cronkite Copy Share Image
“From the beginning, Europe assumed the power to make decisions within the international trading system. An excellent illustration of that is the… — Walter Rodney Copy Share Image
Breaking the United States up into a number of pieces could be very good for the integration of those new nations with… — David Swanson Copy Share Image
The fact that Universal Jurisdiction exists in relation to serious international crimes does convey two important aspects of the global reality: first,… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
“By the 1960’s, the authorities could write that peace was more important than law. Enforcement of international law was entrusted to the… — Jerry Pournelle Copy Share Image
The idea of self-determination was gradually given credibility by international law, and it lent strong emancipatory support to movements of liberation struggling… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
I am still profoundly troubled by the war in Nicaragua. The United States launched a covert war against another nation in violation… — Bianca Jagger Copy Share Image
In fact, the Senkaku Islands are... inherent territory of Japan that is recognized in our history and also by international law. — Naoto Kan Copy Share Image
International law in its counter-hegemonic uses is very important in any domain where issues of legitimacy are significant, but is rarely able… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
What we are doing in the Pacific is we're flying, operating, and sailing wherever international law allows, and the purpose of that… — Joseph Dunford Copy Share Image
In my view, the military action taken in Iraq in 2003 was not lawful under international law because there was no U.N.… — Keir Starmer Copy Share Image
I'm telling Palestinians don't use violence. We're going to use the civilized means of international law to achieve our goals, our independence,… — Saeb Erekat Copy Share Image
I am the president of 146 million Russians. I have to represent their interests. We are willing to settle this without any… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
When we talk about the assertion of basically new government privileges with weak or no justification, we don't even have to look… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
“But in modern societies self-help has become the exception rather than the rule, whereas in international law it has remained the rule.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The clever, albeit fragile, coalition against terrorism brought together by the U.S. government might be able to advance the transition from classical… — Jurgen Habermas Copy Share Image
I stress that we unambiguously support strengthening the non-proliferation regime, without any exceptions, on the basis of international law. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Together with international unity and resolve we can meet the challenge of this global scourge and work to bring about an international… — Manmohan Singh Copy Share Image
Of course one always has to follow international law. This was also the case in Crimea. According to the Charter of the… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
At Cheney's initiative, the United States stripped terror suspects of long-established rights under domestic and international law, building a new legal edifice… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
“If international law is, in some ways, at the vanishing point of law, the law of war is, perhaps even more conspicuously,… — Hersch Lauterpacht Copy Share Image
The United States is a rogue state violating international law in many, many ways that California wouldn't have to if it seceded… — David Swanson Copy Share Image
