Charles Sumner: “Not even in the name of charity could one ruler speak to another on…”

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Not even in the name of charity could one ruler speak to another on the domestic affairs of his government.

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Sumner asserts that rulers should not interfere in each other's domestic affairs, even in the name of charity.

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Charles Sumner: “Not even in the name of charity could one ruler speak to another on the domestic affairs of his government.”