Emer de Vattel Quotes

1714–1767 Switzerland

Emer de Vattel (25 April 1714 – 28 December 1767) was an international lawyer whose works influenced Benjamin Franklin and other founding fathers when creating the United States Constitution.

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Also known as: Vattel

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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.

The Law of Nations (1758)

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

The Law of Nations (1758)

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

The Law of Nations (1758)

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