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To insist upon the recognition of International Law is to uphold civilization in one of its essential securities.
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This quote highlights Sumner's belief in the critical role of international law in maintaining civilization.
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It is true, doubtless, that there are various races of men; but there is but one great Human Family, in which Caucasian, Ethiopian, Chinese, and Indian are all brothers, children of one Father, and heirs to one happiness.
Out of this pernicious prejudice have proceeded that persecution and neglect which are the too frequent lot of the world's pioneers.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
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