"If one mistreats citizens of foreign countries,..." - Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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 retribution.
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“The angles evenDraw strength from gazing on its glance,Though none its meaning fathom may;The world's unwither'd countenanceIs bright as at creation's day.”
“I had toward the poetic art a peculiar relation which was only practical after I had cherished in my mind for a long time a subject which possessed me, a model which inspired me, a predecessor who attracted me, until at length, after I had molded it”
“Our virtues and view spring from one root.”
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“We are extricating ourselves from a system that insulted our common humanity by dividing us from one another on the basis of race and setting us against each other as oppressed and oppressor. That system committed a crime against humanity.”
“Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere.”
“It seems to me that an unjust law is no law at all.”
More on Diplomacy
“Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.”
“Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.”
“Our goal is peace. We can gain that peace by strengthening our alliances, by speaking candidly about the dangers before us, by assuring potential adversaries of our seriousness, by actively pursuing every chance of honest and fruitful negotiation.”