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Right knows no boundaries, and justice no frontiers; the brotherhood of man is not a domestic institution.

Learned Hand

1945

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Natural law Moral universalism Moral theory Morality

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1945

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Learned Hand

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Hand, Learned. "A Pledge of Allegiance." I Am An American Day. 20 May 1945, Central Park, New York City, NY, USA.

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