A State which is incompetent to satisfy different races condemns itself;
a State which does not include them is destitute of the chief basis of
self-government. The theory of nationality, therefore, is a retrograde
step in history.
-- Lord Acton (1834-1902)
a State which does not include them is destitute of the chief basis of
self-government. The theory of nationality, therefore, is a retrograde
step in history.
-- Lord Acton (1834-1902)
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