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Let me premise by the statement that I look upon a moral obligation as that which the conscience of the contracting party impels . The conscience of any nation in Europe , for example , may be warped by its prejudices , racial ...
Let me premise by the statement that I look upon a moral obligation as that which the conscience of the contracting party impels . The conscience of any nation in Europe , for example , may be warped by its prejudices , racial ...
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The effectiveness of any law is the moral or physical sanction which underlies it . Physical sanctions are the common and prevailing means of law enforcement in view of the frailties of human nature . It is the physical might of ...
The effectiveness of any law is the moral or physical sanction which underlies it . Physical sanctions are the common and prevailing means of law enforcement in view of the frailties of human nature . It is the physical might of ...
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America's great world political position is not due primarily to our moral leadership but primarily to our wealth and economic position . That is true because it is not to our moral teachings that the rest of the world responds , but to ...
America's great world political position is not due primarily to our moral leadership but primarily to our wealth and economic position . That is true because it is not to our moral teachings that the rest of the world responds , but to ...
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EVOLUTION OF THE NATIONAL INTEREST | 3 |
can Continent 1760 | 18 |
The French Interest in American Independence 1778 | 27 |
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