Writing Quote by Tobias S. Buckell

“The diplomatic kids had a hectic sort of life, being constantly thrown from one end of the world to the other and always playing…

— Romain Gary

“Now, there are important rules in Fairyland, rules from which I shall one day be exempt, when my papers have been processed at last…

— Catherynne M. Valente

There is much to be said for having an experienced international jurist who is entirely unconnected with the allied invaders, on the tribunal.

— Saddam Hussein

“CHAPTER IX—NEW TROUBLES”

— Victor Hugo

The young, the old, women, the disabled, the sick and the wounded are entitled to protection under international law. Too often, the ICRC's calls…

— Peter Maurer

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

“Nationalism emerged to agitate the world only after the war, and the first visible phenomenon which this intellectual epidemic of our century brought about…

— Stefan Zweig

“Sometimes,’ he says, ‘I think it would save time and work if all the interested parties came to the council, including foreign ambassadors. The…

— Hilary Mantel

“Sovereignty cannot be a shield for tyrants to commit wanton murder, or an excuse for the international community to turn a blind eye to…

— Anonymous

“International intervention in the country is like asking security guards to patrol a bank in mid-robbery. The guards may end up robbing or running…

— Adam Hochschild

“diplomacy is simply the name we have agreed to give to lying about national affairs. I”

— Mark Twain

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