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But Germans are not interested in freedom as the English understand it. When they say freedom, they do not mean the liberty of the individual to do what he likes within the limits imposed by the written and unwritten law, but the liberty of the nation to do what it pleases in defiance of international law.

— Frederick Augustus Voigt Pax Britannica (1949)

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Justice is not humane if it is never severe.

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