Ordinary citizens are obliged and, if need be, compelled by force to meet their commitments. But let higher obligations of an international order be involved, and governments repudiate them, more often than not with a disdainful shrug of the shoulders.
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"Ordinary citizens are obliged and, if need be, compelled by force to meet their commitments. But let higher obligations of an international order be involved, and governments repudiate them, more often than not with a disdainful shrug of the shoulders." — Charles Albert Gobat
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Ordinary citizens are obliged and, if need be, compelled by force to meet their commitments. But let higher obligations of an international order be involved, and governments repudiate them, more often than not with a disdainful shrug of the shoulders. — Charles Albert Gobat
About Charles Albert Gobat
Charles Albert Gobat was a Lawyer from Switzerland (1843–1914).
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This quote is attributed to Charles Albert Gobat, a Lawyer from Switzerland.
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Charles Albert Gobat lived from 1843 – 1914.