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The Law of Nations


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

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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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“The natural, or indigenous, are those born in the country, parents who are citizens.”

Emer de Vattel book The Law of Nations

The Law of Nations (1758)
Original: (fr) Les naturels, ou indigenes, sont ceux qui sont nes dans le pays, de parens citoyens.

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“The citizens are the members of the civil society: linked to this society by certain duties and subject to its authority, they participate with equality has its advantages.”

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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&amp;pg=PA176&amp;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 &quot;OF OUR NATIVE COUNTRY, ETC.&quot; and it is part of chapter XIX called &quot;OF OUR NATIVE COUNTRY AND SEVERAL THINGS THAT RELATE TO IT&quot; <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&amp;pg=PA1683 of part 2 of volume 8 of &quot;Proceedings and Debates of the 77th Congress Second Session&quot; <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.

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