There is no protection for life, property, or money in a State
where the criminal is more powerful than the law. The law of
nations is no exception, and, until it has been vindicated, the
peace of the world will always be at the mercy of any nation whose
professors have assiduously taught it to believe that no crime is
wrong so long as it leads to the aggrandisement and enrichment of
the country to which they owe allegiance.