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Charles Sumner: “In our domestic affairs all acts are brought to the Constitution, as to a touchstone; so in our foreign affairs all acts…”

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In our domestic affairs all acts are brought to the Constitution, as to a touchstone; so in our foreign affairs all acts are brought to the touchstone of the Law of Nations,--that supreme law, the world's collected will, which overarches the Grand Commonwealth of Christian States.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner articulates the importance of adhering to both the Constitution and international law in guiding domestic and foreign affairs.

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