Cases Quote by Elihu Root

The notion of obligations comes before that of rights, which is subordinate and relative to the former. A right is not effectual by itself,…

— Simone Weil

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

— Vladimir Putin

Occasionally we have to interpret an international treaty - one, perhaps, affecting airlines and liability for injury to passengers or damage to goods. Then,…

— Sandra Day O'Connor

Insofar as international law is observed, it provides us with stability and order and with a means of predicting the behavior of those with…

— J. William Fulbright

Treaties negotiated with foreign powers create binding obligations on future generations that cannot be repealed in the way that domestic law can. As a…

— Barry Gardiner

The experience of treaties being broken with impunity provide an afflicting lesson to mankind how little dependence is to be placed on treaties which…

— Alexander Hamilton

From the right to know and the duty to inquire flows the obligation to act.

— Sandra Steingraber

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

In every treaty, insert a clause which can easily be violated, so that the entire agreement can be broken in case the interests of…

— Louis XIV

They are not rules prescribed by the sovereign to the subject, but agreements between sovereign and sovereign.

— Alexander Hamilton

With what sovereignty we have retained, we choose to decide for ourselves our needs in accordance with our values, exerting our rights of empowerment…

— Leonard Peltier

A sovereignty is always presumed to act upon principles of justice, and if, from mistake or oversight, it does injury to a nation or…

— Roger B. Taney