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The States have no power except to do justice.
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Sumner asserts the limited powers of states, emphasizing their obligation to justice.
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In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
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