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... necessary to establish such a government ; and when , having established it , they have , through voluntary acceptance of that government's decrees and obedience to them , succeeded in making it the de facto ruling authority of their ...
... necessary to establish such a government ; and when , having established it , they have , through voluntary acceptance of that government's decrees and obedience to them , succeeded in making it the de facto ruling authority of their ...
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... addresses that you were prepared to contemplate even " a somewhat radical reconsideration of many of the rules of interna- tional practice hitherto thought to be established , " where these might be necessary for your program , that [ 7 ]
... addresses that you were prepared to contemplate even " a somewhat radical reconsideration of many of the rules of interna- tional practice hitherto thought to be established , " where these might be necessary for your program , that [ 7 ]
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Éamon De Valera. where these might be necessary for your program , that you faced the fact that the price of such a peace as you wished for would necessarily be " full , impartial justice - justice done at every point and to every our ...
Éamon De Valera. where these might be necessary for your program , that you faced the fact that the price of such a peace as you wished for would necessarily be " full , impartial justice - justice done at every point and to every our ...
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... necessary to its " security . " It was on a plea such as this that Germany claimed to enter and to hold Belgium . By it , England could equally well claim the control of the channel ports in France . England has far less reason to fear ...
... necessary to its " security . " It was on a plea such as this that Germany claimed to enter and to hold Belgium . By it , England could equally well claim the control of the channel ports in France . England has far less reason to fear ...
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... necessary technical knowledge is made available for those employed in the curing and marketing of the fish . The other Departments similarly promote the national in- terests directly in their charge , working in close association with ...
... necessary technical knowledge is made available for those employed in the curing and marketing of the fish . The other Departments similarly promote the national in- terests directly in their charge , working in close association with ...
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19 19 REPUBLICAN Address agus America Antrim armed atá Belfast Britain Catholic century civil Coercion Congress constitute Cork Cork City Council COUNT PLUNKETT County Seats courts Dail Eireann declared Dublin EAMON DE VALERA elected emigration English established Europe favor fighting force freedom Galway Government of Ireland hÉireann houses independence industry interest Ireland's claim Irish Nation Irish Republic Irishmen July justice League of Nations Leinster Leinster Munster Connaught liberty Limerick City Lord mankind ment military Minister Munster náisiún Number officers Parliament partially sacked Peace Conference Percentage of seats Poland political population President Wilson principle Protestant province recognition REP.-NAT representatives Republic of Ireland REPUBLICAN REPUBLICAN REPUBLICAN REPUBLICAN Total rule sacked by police sacked by troops secure Self-Deter self-determination Sept shot-up Sinn Fein soldiers statesmen Thurles tion Tipperary towns trade Ulster Union with England Unionist United Victoria vote wrecked by police
Popular passages
Page 29 - To such a task we can dedicate our lives and our fortunes, everything that we are and everything that we have, with the pride of those who know that the day has come when America is privileged to spend her blood and her might for the principles that gave her birth and happiness and the peace which she has treasured. God helping her, she can do no other.
Page 30 - I have outlined. It is the principle of justice to all peoples and nationalities, and their right to live on equal terms of liberty and safety with one another, whether they be strong or weak.
Page 124 - The Members of the League undertake to respect and preserve as against external aggression the territorial integrity and existing political independence of all Members of the League. In case of any such aggression or in case of any threat or danger of such aggression the Council shall advise upon the means by which this obligation shall be fulfilled.
Page 31 - The settlement of every question, whether of territory, of sovereignty, of economic arrangement, or of political relationship, upon the basis of the free acceptance of that settlement by the people Immediately concerned...
Page 28 - I am proposing, as it were, that the nations should with one accord adopt the doctrine of President Monroe as the doctrine of the world : That no nation should seek to extend its policy over any other nation or people, but that every people should be left free to determine its own policy, its own way of development, unhindered, unthreatened, unafraid, the little along with the great and powerful.
Page 29 - ... for the ultimate peace of the world and for the liberation of its peoples, the German people included : for the rights of nations great and small and the privilege of men everywhere to choose their way of life and of obedience. The world must be made safe for democracy.
Page 29 - But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts...
Page 32 - First, the impartial justice meted out must involve no discrimination between those to whom we wish to be just and those to whom we do not wish to be just. It must be a justice that plays no favorites and knows no standard but the equal rights of the several peoples concerned...
Page 29 - We have no selfish ends to serve. We desire no conquest, no dominion. We seek no indemnities for ourselves, no material compensation for the sacrifices we shall freely make. We are but one of the champions of the rights of mankind. We shall be satisfied when those rights have been made as secure as the faith and the freedom of nations can make them.
Page 44 - An Act for the better securing the dependency of the kingdom of Ireland upon the crown of Great Britain.