“The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its
value.”
Charles Dudley Warner (1829–1900) American writer
“The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its
value.”
Charles Dudley Warner (1829–1900) American writer
Emer de Vattel book The Law of Nations
Alternate: The citizens are the members of the civil society, bound to this society by certain duties, and subject to its authority; they equally participate in its advantages.<br>The natives or natural-born citizens are those born in the country of parents who are citizens.<br>..<br>if he be born there of a foreigner, it will be only the place of his birth, and not his country <br class="br"> page 176 https://books.google.ca/books?id=NukJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA176&lpg=PA176 of English translation published in 1883, <br class="br">while the bottom-left marks it as page 176, it is listed as page 101 on the top-left. The section of the book is titled "OF OUR NATIVE COUNTRY, ETC." and it is part of chapter XIX called "OF OUR NATIVE COUNTRY AND SEVERAL THINGS THAT RELATE TO IT" <br class="br">quoted in 1856 case https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/60/393/#476 in supreme court <br class="br">quoted in 1942 by Mr. Stewart seen in page 1683 https://books.google.ca/books?id=qiI9TLONLVMC&pg=PA1683 of part 2 of volume 8 of "Proceedings and Debates of the 77th Congress Second Session" <br class="br">The Law of Nations (1758) <br class="br">Original: (fr) Les citoyens sont les membres de la societe civile : lies a cette societe par certains devoirs et soumis a son autorite, ils participent avec egalite a ses avantages.
Joni Madraiwiwi (1957–2016) Fijian politician
Siwati Memorial Lecture, Honiara, Solomon Islands, 24 September 2004 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0409/S00253.htm.
“The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) German Lutheran pastor, theologian, dissident anti-Nazi
Variant: The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children.
Émile Durkheim (1858–1917) French sociologist (1858-1917)
Sociology and philosophy (1911), D. Pocock, trans. (1974), p. 51.
“A society without the means to detect lies and theft soon squanders its liberty and freedom.”
Chris Hedges (1956) American journalist
“Recognition of one’s fellows is distorted when money is prioritized as value itself.”
Vanna Bonta (1958–2014) Italian-American writer, poet, inventor, actress, voice artist (1958-2014)
State of the Art (2000)