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Then, too, in the case of a state in its external
relations, the rights of war must be strictly observed.
For since there are two ways of settling a dispute:
first, by discussion; second, by physical force; and
since the former is characteristic of man, the latter
of the brute, we must resort to force only in case
we may not avail ourselves of discussion.
M. Tullius Cicero. De Officiis. With An English Translation. Walter Miller. Cambridge. Harvard University Press; Cambridge, Mass., London, England. 1913.
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