#treaties

Our relations with the Indians have been governed chiefly by treaties and trade, or war and subjugation. ↗

— Nelson A. Miles

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When the ambassadors of other foreign countries come to Japan to make treaties, they can be told that such and such a treaty has been made with the ambassador of the United States, and they will rest satisfied with this. ↗

— Townsend Harris

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As a first step there must be an offer to achieve equality of rights in disarmament by abolishing the weapons forbidden to the Central Powers by the Peace Treaties. ↗

— Arthur Henderson

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Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men. ↗

— Herbert Hoover

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Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

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Treaties, you see, are like girls and roses; they last while they last. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

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George W. Bush and his administration embarked on a full-scale assault on civil liberties, human rights and the rule of law, walking away from his international obligations, tearing up international treaties, protocols and UN conventions. ↗

— Bianca Jagger

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In the eleven months preceding the outbreak of World War II, 211 treaties of peace were signed. Were these treaties of peace written on paper, or were they written on the hearts of men? And we must ask ourselves as we hear of treaties being written today, whether the treaties of the UN are written with the full cognizance of the fact that those who sign them are responsible before God? ↗

— Fulton J. Sheen

#peace #politics #treaties #world-war- #life

Every Indian outbreak that I have ever known has resulted from broken promises and broken treaties by the government. ↗

— Buffalo Bill

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All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence. ↗

— Otto von Bismarck

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