John Morley: “If they, situated exactly as we are, decline to join, we are not bound…”

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If they, situated exactly as we are, decline to join, we are not bound single-handed to make up the deficiencies of the rest.

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John Morley

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Morley states that if other powers refuse to act, they are not obligated to compensate for their inaction.

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