Word: lawing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...have from the very beginning of our history insisted that there is a rule of law which is above the rule of man. That concept we derived from our English forebears, but we played a part in its acceptance. As John Marshall put it, 'There are principles of abstract justice which the Creator of all things has impressed on the mind of his creature...
...Thus, since its inception, our nation has been dedicated to the principle that man. in his relationship with other men, should be governed by moral, or natural law. It was believed that this was something that all could comprehend. So great responsibilities were placed upon a jury, and the conscience of the chancellor was relied upon to temper legal rigors with equity. And legislatures annually change our statute laws in the hope of thereby making these laws more conformable to justice...
...carry these concepts into the international field. The U.S. helped base the United Nations Charter on peaceful settlement of disputes in conformity with the principles of justice and international law." Since then, the Communists-to whom laws are means "whereby those in power suppress or destroy their enemies"-have used the U.N. as a propaganda forum made safe by their veto power while using force everywhere else from Hungary to Tibet. The U.S. meanwhile helped 21 new nations advance to freedom by lawful, orderly means...
Hardest testing point of this principle of law: the U.S. stand against its friends, when it opposed the British-French-Israeli Suez invasion in November 1956. "The invading forces were withdrawn. Tolerable solutions were found through peaceful means." Had the U.S. tolerated the rule of force by its friends at Suez, "the whole peace effort represented by the U.N. would have collapsed . . . While it is premature to say that the Suez affair marks a decisive historical turning point, it may so prove...
...said Dulles, the U.S. needs more than ever before to advance the rule of law as a "shield and protector of those who rely on good faith in international engagements." Specifically, the U.S.-and the other members of the U.N.-need to: ¶ Condemn more and tolerate less the anticommunity actions of the Communist bloc. "Those nations should be made to feel the weight of public disapproval . . . Unless the U.N. becomes, for all, an instrumentality of peace through justice and law, then some alternative must be found." ¶ Intensify within the U.N. General Assembly the quest-"in my view, sometimes...