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
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
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
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
The IDF takes extraordinary measures to avoid civilian casualties, and is operating in accordance with international law. — Yoav Gallant Copy Share Image
Clearly, the response to terrorism and violent extremism must respect human rights and comply with international law. That is not just a… — Antonio Guterres Copy Share Image
No country can allow its safety to be wholly dependent on faithful observance by other states of rules to which they are… — Arthur Balfour Copy Share Image
The laws of war right now say that we can respond when our country is threatened. That is what international law says. — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
It's plain that the American right wing, the Republicans and some sections of the Democratic Party, don't really care about international norms.… — Vijay Prashad Copy Share Image
Reading international law at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London was a wonderful experience. With its incredibly diverse student… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
I think what we need is goodwill because now our struggle is harder because it is an economic struggle. And now Europe… — Ousmane Sembene Copy Share Image
We call for a welcoming path to citizenship, an end to police violence, and a transformed foreign policy based on international law… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
Palestine is occupied land, and under international law, the Palestinians have the legal right to resist this occupation by any and all… — Enver Masud Copy Share Image
“Rhedi: I am always afraid that they will eventually succeed in discovering some secret which will provide a quicker way of making… — Montesquieu Copy Share Image
Under international law, defendants convicted in absentia have the right to a retrial, unless the prosecutors for the authorities who do finally… — Ronen Bergman Copy Share Image
As long as Palestinian violence exists, but not a Palestinian state, Israel is in danger, because it cannot obtain assistance from the… — Stephane Hessel Copy Share Image
The US and Israel have demanded further that Palestinians not only recognize Israel's rights as a state in the international system, but… — Noam Chomsky 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
[Donald Trump] suggestions are not only offensive but, in certain cases, dangerous and sometimes even illegal, like his dismissal of the laws… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
As a person committed to human rights and international law and the right of self-determination, I would like to see the occupation… — Mairead Corrigan Copy Share Image
However difficult it may be to bring it about, some form of world government, with agreed international law and means of enforcing… — John Boyd Orr Copy Share Image
The European Union will continue to fully support multilateral global governance based on international law, human rights, and strong international institutions. — Federica Mogherini Copy Share Image
First, we could have defied both of them and could have gone to war against both of these nations for this violation… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The way to defeat international terrorism is through international cooperation based on international law, clear intelligence, and a measured and appropriate military… — Charles Kennedy Copy Share Image
They don't want to feed an ISIS narrative that there is a religious war between Islam and the Christian West, plus genocide… — Tom Gjelten Copy Share Image
The bottom line is this: Peace will come to Israel and the Middle East only when the Israeli government is willing to… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
“We are all bits and pieces of history and literature and international law, Byron, Tom Paine, Machiavelli or Christ, it's here. And… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“The massive heart wrenching barbaric violations and battles among the international states or even the Big Powers, megalomania ,‘ folie de grandeur’,and… — Henrietta Newton Martin Copy Share Image
I'm standing up for the right of self-determination. I'm standing up for our territory. I'm standing up for our people. I'm standing… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Since the narrower or wider community of the peoples of the earth has developed so far that a violation of rights in… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
“The reasoning throughout is straightforward, and is in full accord with what Bush calls “new thinking in the law of war,” which… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
People who have been made stateless by military occupation are entitled to repatriation, and then the question is to which state, or… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
“The entire premise behind the Bush administration's policy of holding 'enemy combatants' in foreign military bases such as Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was… — Mark Gibney Copy Share Image
“Our task over the next few generations is to transform the world of independent states in which we live into some sort… — Gwynne Dyer Copy Share Image
Governments that block the aspirations of their people, that steal or are corrupt, that oppress and torture or that deny freedom of… — William Hague Copy Share Image
Anyone who thinks we can continue to have world wars but make them nice polite affairs by outlawing this weapon or that… — Joel Henry Hildebrand Copy Share Image
We don't supply a hundred billion dollars worth of weapons to the war criminals in Saudi Arabia nor do we supply eight… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
Apartheid is a crime against humanity. Israel has deprived millions of Palestinians of their liberty and property. It has perpetuated a system… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image