“Because if you were born there to a foreigner, this country will only be the place of your birth, without being your homeland.”

— Emer de Vattel, book The Law of Nations

The Law of Nations (1758)
Original: (fr) car si vous y etes ne d'un etranger, ce pays sera seulement le lieu de votre naissance, sans etre votre patrie

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jurist from the Principality of Neuchâtel 1714–1767

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