The Life Of States Cannot, Any More Than The Life Of Individuals, Be Conditioned By The Force And The Will Of A Unit, However Powerful, But By The Consensus Of A Group, Which Must One Day Include All States. - SearchQuotes

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The life of states cannot, any more than the life of individuals, be conditioned by the force and the will of a unit, however powerful, but by the consensus of a group, which must one day include all states.

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