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Liberty” and “Equality” are more than dollars and cents; they should be National also, and enjoy the same security.
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Sumner asserts that liberty and equality should be regarded as national values deserving protection.
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Their existence is a disgrace to civilization; for it implies the common consent of nations to the Arbitrament of War, as regulated by these laws.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
Tendencies of nations, as revealed in history, teach that our aims are in harmony with prevailing laws, which God, in his benevolence, has ordained for mankind.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
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