Citizens Quote by Edward Snowden

Ordinary citizens are obliged and, if need be, compelled by force to meet their commitments. But let higher obligations of an international order be…

— Charles Albert Gobat

The first duty of any government is to protect its citizens, whether the threat is a domestic one or from abroad.

— Amber Rudd

If one mistreats citizens of foreign countries, one infringes upon one's duty toward one's own subjects; for thus one exposes themto the law of…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

— Kofi Annan

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

— Vladimir Putin

It's the duty of any government: where there is disregard of the law, that law and order must be instituted.

— Emmerson Mnangagwa

In any civilized society, it is every citizen's responsibility to obey just laws. But at the same time, it is every citizen's responsibility to…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Certainly one of the highest duties of the citizen is a scrupulous obedience to the laws of the nation. But it is not the…

— Thomas Jefferson

Abuse of human rights and international law demand resolution - whoever is responsible.

— Ed Davey

Clearly, the response to terrorism and violent extremism must respect human rights and comply with international law. That is not just a question of…

— Antonio Guterres

Violence is not to be undertaken by private persons. If a state or administration acts without due and visible attention to agreed international process,…

— Rowan Williams

No duty, however, binds us to these so-called laws, whose corrupting influence menaces what is noblest in our being.

— Benjamin Constant