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If nations could only depend upon fair and impartial judgments in a world court of law, they would abandon the senseless, savage practice of war.

Source: In Lady for the Defense, Pt. III, Ch. 15, by Mary Virginia Fox, 1975.
-- Belva Lockwood, (Oct 24 1830-1917), US social reformer, lawyer; She was the first woman to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, 1879; effective women's right advocate.

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