 | Richard Salter Storrs - 1884 - 704 pages
...XXVUI. : p. 193. — " Since men are naturally equal, and a perfect equality prevails in their rights and obligations, as equally proceeding from nature,...dwarf is as much a man as a giant: a small republic is not less a sovereign state than the most powerful kingdom. " — [Vattel : ' ' Law of Nations "... | |
 | Richard Salter Storrs - 1884 - 698 pages
...507-8. p. 193. — " Since men are naturally equal, and a perfect equality prevails in their rights and obligations, as equally proceeding from nature,...dwarf is as much a man as a giant : a small republic is not less a sovereign state than the most powerful kingdom. " — [Vattel : ' ' Law of Nations "... | |
 | Henry Wager Halleck - 1885 - 404 pages
...V. -<• RIGHTS OF EQUALITY. § 1. Natural equality of states. " Nations," says Vattel, "comliosed of men, and considered as so many free persons living...dwarf is as much a man as a giant ; a small republic is no less a sovereign state than the most powerful kingdom." In other words, all sovereign states,... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1900 - 378 pages
...which are as remarkable for picturesque force as for juridical accuracy, state the whole case : — " Nations composed of men, and considered as so many...dwarf is as much a man as a giant ; a small republic is no less a sovereign state than the most powerful kingdom. By a necessary consequence of that equality,... | |
 | Samuel Chipman Parks - 1900 - 184 pages
...from Nature—nations composed of men, and considered as so many free persons living together jn a state of nature, are naturally equal and inherit from...dwarf is as much a man as a giant; a small republic is no less a sovereign State than the most powerful kingdom. By a necessary consequence of that equality,... | |
 | Robert Matteson Johnston - 1904 - 264 pages
...theological basis of their adversaries, but unfortunately commanding the support of far fewer bayonets. " A dwarf is as much a man as a giant ; a small republic is no less a sovereign state than the mightiest kingdom." So wrote Vattel as early as the eighteenth... | |
 | 1920 - 1110 pages
...to recognize their primacy and to place their destinies in the hands of their representatives. ' ' Power or weakness does not in this respect produce...dwarf is as much a man as a giant ; a small republic is as much a sovereign state as the most powerful kingdom." It is believed that the correct doctrine... | |
 | 1920 - 736 pages
...to recognize their primacy and to place their destinies in the hands of their representatives. ' ' Power or weakness does not in this respect produce...dwarf is as much a man as a giant ; a small republic is as much a sovereign state as the most powerful kingdom." It is believed that the correct doctrine... | |
 | 1912 - 922 pages
...nations the preservation of its rights. As the great Swiss publicist, Vattel, eloquently declared: "Power or weakness does not in this respect produce...dwarf is as much a man as a giant; a small republic is no less a sovereign state than the most powerful kingdom." Or, to employ the graphic phrase of our... | |
 | Charles H. Stockton - 1914 - 644 pages
...does not follow, of course that this equality extends to their influence. " Nations," says Vattel, " composed of men and considered as so many free persons...dwarf is as much a man as a giant; a small republic is no less a sovereign state than the most powerful kingdom." ' 41. States, Communities, Corporations,... | |
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A dwarf is as much a man as a giant; a small republic is no less a sovereign state than the most powerful kingdom. 
