Robert H. Jackson: Opening Statement before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg, Germany - Milestone Documents

Robert H. Jackson: Opening Statement before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg, Germany

( 1945 ) Commentary by Anthony Santoro, Heidelberg Center of American Studies
  • “That four great nations, flushed with victory and stung with injury stay the hand of vengeance and voluntarily submit their captive enemies to the judgment of the law is one of the most significant tributes that Power has ever paid to Reason.” - Opening Statement before the International Military Tribunal
  • “The common sense of mankind demands that law shall not stop with the punishment of petty crimes by little people. It must also reach men who possess themselves of great power and make deliberate and concerted use of it to set in motion evils which leave no home in the world untouched.” - Opening Statement before the International Military Tribunal
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