On the record
The best writers on the law of nations give no sort of countenance to his doctrine of non-interference, in the extent and manner in which he used it, even when there is no war.
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Edmund Burke
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Editor's note · Context
Burke asserts that established writers on international law do not support the non-interference doctrine as used by his opponents.
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