The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes.

Stanley Kubrick

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Topic

Morality in foreign policy Foreign policy International politics Might makes right

Speaker

Stanley Kubrick

Source

The Guardian

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Film director

From

United States

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Citation

Kubrick, Stanley. Quoted in The Guardian. 5 June 1963.

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The foregoing cases suggest that specific guarantees in the Bill of Rights have penumbras, formed by emanations from those guarantees that help give them life and substance… Various guarantees create zones of privacy.

William O. Douglas

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Topic
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Author

William O. Douglas
Source
Grisworld v. Connecticut
Medium
Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion
Genre
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Language
English
Time
1965 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Douglas, William O. United States, Supreme Court. Griswold v. Connecticut. United States Reports, vol. 381, 7 June 1965, pp. 479–531. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/381/479/.

Another quote about International politics

Outside the Kingdom of the Lord there is no nation which is greater than any other…God and history will remember your judgment.

Haile Selassie I

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Topic
International politics
Speaker
Haile Selassie I
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
Amharic
Time
1936 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Selassie, Haile. Appeal to the League of Nations. 30 June 1936, League of Nations, Geneva, Switzerland.