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“To be without a nationality or not to
be a citizen of any country at all is to
stand naked in the world of
international affairs. It is to be alone
as a person, without protection
against the aggression of the states,
an unequal battle which the
individual is bound to lose.”1
—JO HAN N ES MO R SINK
1 Johannes Morsink, Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Origins, Intent and Drafting (University of
Pennsylvania Press 1999).
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