Securus indicat orbis terrarum." Any Power which fails in the discharge, to the best of its ability, of a generally recognised duty, is likely to find that self-satisfaction is no safeguard against unpleasant consequences.
Holland argues that failing to fulfill recognized duties can lead to negative consequences for a state, regardless of its self-satisfaction.
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The only legitimate object which States should set before themselves during war is to weaken the military forces of the enemy.
No, you must attack all the resources of the enemy's Government: its finances, its railways, its stores, and even its prestige.
Success can come only from the religious moral education of individuals and from the feeling of honour and sense of justice of commanders who enforce the law and conform to it so far as the exceptional circumstances of war permit.
This being so, it is necessary to recognise also that increased humanity in the mode of making war has in reality followed upon the gradual softening of manners.
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