Because a State, constituting part of a Nation dedicated to Human Rights, may govern itself and supply the machinery of local self-government, it does not follow that such a State may deny Human Rights within its borders.
Sumner argues that a state's ability to govern itself does not grant it the right to violate human rights.
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